Nagpur: In a significant political development, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde held a crucial closed-door meeting in Mumbai that lasted for nearly one and a half hours. The discussion focused primarily on the upcoming municipal and civic body elections in the State.
According to sources, both leaders have reached a broad consensus to contest the civic elections together, signalling unity within the ruling alliance. It has also been agreed that neither party will induct workers from the other’s political camp, a move aimed at preventing internal friction and maintaining organisational discipline.
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The meeting comes amid recent reports suggesting possible discontent from Eknath Shinde’s side. However, this high-level interaction is being seen as an effort to clear misunderstandings and present a united front ahead of the crucial local body polls. Political activity in Maharashtra has intensified in recent days, with continuous strategy meetings taking place among senior leaders.
The Fadnavis–Shinde meeting is being viewed as a key step in strengthening alliance coordination and election preparedness. More developments are expected as parties gear up for the upcoming civic polls.
In the next two to three days, local-level discussions will begin to finalise seat-sharing and other details. It has also been agreed that office-bearers and workers from the BJP and Shiv Sena will not be allowed to switch to each other’s parties.
The Maharashtra local body elections are set to be contested between two major alliances, the ruling Mahayuti and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). The Mahayuti alliance is in power at the state level and comprises the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction), and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) (Ajit Pawar faction).
The main opposition alliance (Maha Vikas Aghadi) comprises the Indian National Congress (INC), Shiv Sena (UBT) (Uddhav Thackeray faction), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) (Sharad Pawar faction, or NCP-SP), and other contesting parties.
