It was at the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation elections, that the BJP first started singing the going solo tune, now it seems to be doing this before the Thane Municipal Elections. The TMC goes to polls in 2017 along with the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation. Sandeep Lele, Thane president of BJP, allegedly made statements of going alone in the TMC elections last week, however, he clarified that every party contests elections to increase its strength, whether it is in an alliance or going solo.

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