New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has slammed recently united Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav and MNS leader Raj Thackeray, saying the January 15 Mumbai civic body poll is a battle of survival for the cousins, and not the Marathi people.

Addressing a rally in support of the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance on Monday, the penultimate day of civic polls campaigning, Fadnavis asserted that Mumbai is an inseparable part of Maharashtra and no one can dare to break it away.

Voting for 29 municipal corporations, including the BMC, in Maharashtra is scheduled for 15 January. More than 15,000 candidates are in the fray. In the BMC alone, there are a total of 227 wards, with 1,700 candidates contesting. The results will be...