New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde hailed the Maharashtra local body poll results after Mahayuti's win. Both went on to describe this as a "trailer" of what to expect in the municipal corporation elections on January 15.

Counting for the elections to the president and member positions in 286 municipal councils and nagar panchayats across Maharashtra began at 10 am, with early trends showing the Mahayuti alliance, comprising the BJP, Ajit Pawar's NCP, and Shinde's Shiv Sena, holding a comfortable lead.

Fadnavis took to X and said, "This victory is just a trailer of what we will see in the upcoming Municipal Corporation elections. I urge every party worker to work even harder and...