India, Jan. 31 -- The tussle between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena over the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) mayor's post culminated on Friday, with Sharmila Pimpolkar Gaikwad of the Shiv Sena and Krishna Patil of the BJP filing their nominations for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor, respectively.

The two leaders filed their nomination papers in presence of Sena chief and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde, Sena MP Naresh Mhaske, BJP MLA Niranjan Davkhare, and other leaders and office-bearers of the two parties.

As no nominations have been filed against either candidate, both will be elected unopposed; the official announcement will be made on February 3.

In the polls held on January 15, the ...