India, Dec. 23 -- The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) will announce on Wednesday their alliance for the January 15 civic elections, people familiar with the matter said.

The announcement follows marathon meetings between the two sides over the past few weeks to finalise the seat-sharing arrangement for elections to 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut alluded to the proposed joint press conference in a post on X; a throwback photo of the two Thackeray cousins from July 27 when Raj visited Uddhav at his Bandra residence to wish him on his birthday.

In an accompanying caption, Raut said...