The Congress party will contest 528 seats solo in Maharashtra's upcoming civic polls across Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations. This marks the most seats contested independently by the Congress since 1999, foregoing alliances with key partners like Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar's NCP. This decision follows a breakdown in the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance, partly influenced by Uddhav Thackeray's reunion with his cousin Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.