India, Dec. 2 -- Dismissing the high voltage, dramatic campaign by Mahayuti partners Shiv Sena and BJP against each other till hours before campaigning ended on Monday for the first phase of local body polls, chief minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis and his deputy and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde stressed that the parties were not fighting against each other and they would work together as one unit after the polls.

"We are two different parties but we are not divided. It is true that whatever happened during the election campaign was not good for democracy.We need to introspect," Fadnavis told reporters on Monday.

Speaking along similar lines, Shinde said neither he nor Fadnavis had spoken against each other.

"We have been spea...