India, Feb. 9 -- The Mahayuti alliance partners may contest the upcoming municipal corporation and zilla parishad elections separately, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) state president Sunil Tatkare hinted on Thursday.

Speaking after a meeting with party office-bearers in Pune, Tatkare said several workers had demanded that the NCP contest the polls independently to maximise their chances. "Our leader Ajit Pawar has spoken about this before. Whatever Ajit Dada has said is final. I believe that after consulting local leaders, a decision on the alliance for municipal elections will be taken," he told the media.

In several municipal corporations and zilla parishads, NCP and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have had close contests in the pa...