India, Jan. 21 -- Deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Wednesday claimed Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has offered it support for control of Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation, even as the latter contested the civic polls in Maharashtra with Shiv Sena (UBT).

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the single-largest party in Mumbai and 20 other municipal corporations on Friday last, with the Thackeray family losing control over the civic body in the financial capital for the first time in 25 years. The MNS and Shiv Sena (UBT) contested the civic polls in an alliance years after Shinde split the Sena and allied with the BJP. The alliance was forged after Raj Thackeray reconciled with his estrange...