Mahayuti Seals Municipal Polls Seat-Sharing After Marathon Talks

• Mahayuti finalized seat-sharing for Maharashtra Municipal Polls after a 5-hour meeting at Eknath Shinde's Thane residence.
• Agreement covers Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) corporations like Thane and Kalyan-Dombivli; ward-level talks next.
• Mahayuti recently swept 207 out of 288 municipal council/nagar panchayat president posts, defeating Maha Vikas Aghadi.
• BJP and Shinde Sena to contest together in Mumbai; Pune likely sees BJP vs Ajit Pawar faction NCP.
• Thane district negotiations remain tense; Mahayuti to announce plan after Uddhav-Raj Thackeray alliance.

Why It Matters: Mahayuti finalizes municipal poll seat-sharing, awaiting opposition's alliance announcement.