Maharashtra has seen the most unexpected twists and turns in politics in the last three years, as leaders were suddenly seen switching sides. Now, just a couple of months ahead of the big civic polls season in the state, where most of the state's 27 municipal corporations and about 32 district councils of 36 districts will witness elections, leaders are testing waters for new seat-sharing alliances!

One might see Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena getting closer to Raj Thackeray's MNS in Mumbai and Sharad Pawar's NCP in Thane, while the BJP has, on the one hand, decided to go for seat-sharing with Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena in Mumbai but, on the other hand, has decided to fight independently in Thane! What will happen in cities like Pune and Nashik seems to be undecided as yet, as leaders are just not sure about how the local aspirants will react if some decision happens suddenly about giving them candidature or denying it.

Just a couple of days ago, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray visited Uddhav Thackeray's residence at Bandra and spent over two hours with him discussing the various possibilities. The buzz now is that the Thackeray cousins feel........

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