India, Dec. 30 -- The Congress on Monday declared that it will contest the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) elections independently due to unresolved seat-sharing disagreements with its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies - the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP).

The party had, on Friday, issued a 48-hour ultimatum to its MVA partners to finalise seat-sharing arrangements, which expired on Sunday. The last date for filing nomination forms is Tuesday.

In the previous TMC poll, the undivided Shiv Sena had won 67 seats, the undivided NCP 35 seats, the BJP 23 seats, while the Congress had managed just three seats. But this time, the party wanted to contest at least 35 seats.

Announcing the party's decision to so...