India, Dec. 25 -- While the Thackeray cousins made their electoral alliance for the BMC elections public on Wednesday, the ruling BJP and Shiv Sena were still in marathon meetings to work out alliances in most of the state's 29 civic bodies. In Mumbai, the two parties have almost reached a consensus on 200 out of 227 seats.

Shinde and state BJP chief Ravindra Chavan had a five-hour marathon meeting on Tuesday night to sort out the seat-sharing disputes in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, including Mumbai. Following this, Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde had another long meeting early on Wednesday morning, with a final meeting expected on Wednesday night or early Thursday morning to seal the deal. Fadnavis was also to hold a meeting wit...