It is official that BJP and Shiv Sena will share power in Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC). The decision to share power was taken in a meeting held between BJP state unit president Raosaheb Danve and minister for industries Subhash Desai on Friday. This outcome has put to rest all the speculations as to whether MNS would be kingmaker or both the parties were trying to contact Congress to put pressure on each other.

It was reported first by dna on October 3 and 4 that BJP and Sena had decided to bury the hatchets. The October 4 report had said that both the parties would come together and BJP would yield to Sena's demand of one of its winners would be the KDMC mayor. While Sena has 52 elected corporators BJP has 42.

The details of power-sharing would be decided by finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar (BJP) and MSRDC minister Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena). The details decided by these two leaders would be given a nod by the senior leadership of both the parties before arriving at a final decision. While BJP nominated Mungantiwar, Sena nominated Shinde, who is the architect of Sena's victory in the KDMC polls.

It was BJP spokesperson Madhav Bhandari on Friday informed that the two parties have agreed to come together in KDMC.