India, Nov. 27 -- Even as the Mahayuti has deployed its top leadership to campaign aggressively for the local body polls, senior leaders from the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) have been largely absent from the ground.

Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, deputy chief ministers Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar have all taken personal charge of their parties' campaigns, travelling extensively across small towns in Maharashtra. Fadnavis has been addressing two to three rallies a day in addition to holding closed-door meetings with local leaders. Pawar has toured almost every municipal council going to the polls in Pune district, while Shinde has covered Malegaon, Solapur and several other towns.

The active presence of Mahayuti's top leadership has prom...