In Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, the Mahayuti alliance between the BJP and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faces significant challenges ahead of municipal elections. While Shiv Sena minister Uday Samant affirmed the alliance's intact status for 29 corporations, local Shiv Sena leaders and BJP officials in Pune indicated a deadlock over seat-sharing, with nominations filed independently. In Pimpri-Chinchwad, alliance talks reportedly collapsed hours before the nomination deadline, leading the Shiv Sena to scramble for nominations and the BJP to ally with the RPI (Athawale faction).