A political row has broken out in Mumbai ahead of the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections following a statement by Congress MLC Bhai Jagtap, reported the IANS.

Jagtap declared that the Congress would contest the polls independently, effectively ruling out any alliance with Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) or Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT).