Mumbai, Jan. 16 -- The BJP and ally Shiv Sena were ahead in the high-stakes Mumbai municipal corporation elections as per trends in 210 of 227 wards.
As per the trends on Friday as of 5 pm, BJP was leading in 92 wards in Mumbai, while Shiv Sena, led by Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, was ahead in 26 wards. Going by the trends, the Mahayuti alliance is poised to cross the majority mark of 114 needed to wrest power in the BMC.
The Congress, with its ally Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi has however wrested power in Latur Municipal Corporation.
The counting of votes began at 10 am.
The Thackeray cousins, who reunited after two decades ahead of Thursday's poll, were behind the ruling alliance in Mumbai, with the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena-UBT ahead in 6...