Mumbai, Dec. 22 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti on Sunday swept the elections to 288 municipal councils and nagar panchayats by winning 207 posts of presidents of local bodies while the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi was restricted to a collective tally of 44, according to the results announced by the state election commission. According to the SEC, the BJP won 117 posts of municipal presidents, Shiv Sena won 53, and the NCP won 37 posts. The Congress bagged 28, the NCP (SP) seven, and Shiv Sena (UBT) nine. The BJP bagged more than 48% of the overall tally of 6,859 seats as well, its score of 3,325 seats was a big jump from the 1,602 it had bagged in the 2017 local body polls. Union home minister Amit Shah thanked the people of Mah...