India, Aug. 5 -- Leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Monday met Pune Police commissioner Amitesh Kumar and municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram to raise concerns related to law and order and civic administration, ahead of the upcoming municipal elections.

The delegation included NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) city unit president Prashant Jagtap, Congress city unit president Arvind Shinde, and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Gajanan Tharkude, along with other party office bearers.

Speaking after the meeting, Jagtap said, "With civic elections approaching, there are growing attempts to polarise the city and create tensions between communities. The Punyeshwar temple issue, for instance, had never been a point of contention earlier, but such to...