Maharahstra's ruling coalition, the Maha Vikas Aghadi will be contesting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections together, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut announced on Sunday. In a TV interview Raut said that the alliance between Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP would last a long time and he was confident that they will win the BMC polls in 2022. The Shiv Sena-ruled BMC is the country's richest civic body with an annual budget of over ₹33,400 crore.