India, Oct. 22 -- The three Mahayuti alliance partners in Maharashtra will contest at least four of the nine municipal corporations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) together with a seat-sharing agreement, but may contest the remaining five corporations independently, people familiar with the matter said.

Party leaders said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena were expected to team up to contest elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, and the Panvel, Vasai-Virar, and Kalyan-Dombivali corporations.

But the BJP and Sena leaders do not want to fight elections in an alliance in other corporations in Thane, Navi Mumbai, and Mira-Bhayander.

The BJP, the Shinde-led Shiv Sena (SS), and Ajit Pa...