Mumbai, 19 Jan (HS): Bharatiya

Janata Party and Shiv Sena contest together in Mumbai and the Mayor will be of

the alliance. Similarly, the alliance will elected mayors from the alliance in

Thane, Kalyan-Dombiwali and Ulhasnagar, where they fought together, said Deputy

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

Clarifying widely discussed issue of confining Shiv

Sena members from Mumbai at a five-star hotel, Shinde said no single party

gained absolute majority in Mumbai. Shiv Sena, which contest the elections with

BJP will not betray the voters who voted for the alliance. He appealed to the

people not to believe in any kind of rumour about the issue.

Shinde said that rumours of working out others

combinations in other municipal corporations where BJP-Shiv Sena and RPI (A) alliance

contested together, the mayor will be elected by the alliance only.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar