By Rohini Sridharan and Shivani P Menon
The Mahayuti alliance consisting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena and National Congress Party (NCP) is leading in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections by 25 wards . Following them, the Thackeray brothers, Uddhav Thackeray (UDT) and Raj Thackeray, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) are following with 19 wards. The Congress and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) alliance is leading in 2 wards. In the Mahayuti alliance, the BJP is leading in 18 wards, Shiv Sena in 7 wards. The Shiv Sena UBT alliance led by Uddhav Thackeray is leading in 14 wards and the MNS leads in 5 wards.