Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi Unveils Mumbai Poll Candidates, Forms Alliance with Congress

• Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) announced its candidate list for the Mumbai Municipal Corporation elections.
• VBA has allied with the Congress party, contesting 62 seats while Congress will contest 165 seats out of 227.
• This alliance creates a "third powerful alternative" in Mumbai politics, challenging the Shinde-BJP and Thackeray-MNS fronts.
• Congress will focus on secularism and constitutional values, while VBA targets Dalit, Muslim, and Bahujan voters with issues like reservation and constitutional protection.
• A detailed list of 46 VBA candidates for various wards has been released.

Why It Matters: VBA and Congress form a new alliance for Mumbai polls, presenting a third front with a focus on social justice.