Bharatiya Janata Party is more than willing to forge an alliance with the Shiv Sena for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls to be held early in 2017. The two have been winning the BMC together for more than two decades. But, unlike the state government, the BJP is a minor partner in the city’s civic body.

(From left) Union minister Prakash Javadekar, BJP state chief Raosaheb Danve, BJP national president Amit Shah, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and others in Kolhapur for the party’s state convention