Uddhav Sena to fight Mumbai civic polls alone

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The Uddhav faction of Shiv Sena on Saturday announced that they will fight the municipal corporation elections in Mumbai, Thane, Nagpur and other municipal corporations, zilla parishads and panchayats alone, in a huge setback to the INDIA bloc in Maharashtra.

Announcing the decision to go solo, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said, "In an alliance, workers of individual parties don't get opportunities, and it hampers organisational growth. We will contest on our strength."

Raut further said that they were unable to even appoint a convener for the INDIA bloc in Maharashtra."It isn't good. As the largest party of the alliance, it was the Congress's responsibility to convene a meeting," Raut said.