India, Dec. 22 -- The Maharashtra local body election results have delivered a decisive verdict in favour of the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, which swept a majority of municipal councils and nagar panchayats across the state. As celebrations erupted in the ruling camp and the Opposition questioned the fairness of the process, the outcome offers several clear political signals ahead of the upcoming municipal corporation polls.

The BJP-led Mahayuti - comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde, and Nationalist Congress Party - dominated the elections to municipal councils and nagar panchayats, winning 207 of 288 municipal president posts. The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) was restricted to just 44, underlin...