MUMBAI, Dec. 7 -- After a verbal war over poaching each other's leaders ahead of the local body elections, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde and state BJP chief Ravindra Chavan shared the dais at a public function in Dombivli on Saturday. The development could signal a thaw between the Shiv Sena and BJP after a bitter battle over poaching reached the BJP leadership in Delhi. Relations between the two parties sank so low that street fights had erupted in some places. Insiders say a meeting has been planned between chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shinde. But, on Saturday, it was Shinde and Chavan who shared space, at a groundbreaking ceremony for a sports complex in Dombivli. The development took place soon after Chavan indicated on Friday that there would be no poaching of party workers or local leaders among the Mahayuti allies. At Saturday's function, Chavan even applauded Shinde's work during his tenure as chief minister. The Sena and BJP are locked in an especially bitter war ahead of civic polls in Thane district, a stronghold of the deputy chief minister. The Sena had first got five former BJP corporators from Ulhasnagar to cross over, and the BJP retaliated by poaching several former Sena corporators....