The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporators in Ahmednagar on Friday joined hands to wrest the mayor's post from Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena. Despite bagging the largest number of seats in the municipal elections, Shiv Sena lost the mayor's post to BJP's Babasaheb Wakale, who got 37 votes.

Shiv Sena with 24 out of 68 seats became the single largest party. The BJP got 18 seats while the NCP bagged 14. The Ahmednagar civil poll outcome is now expected to put more strain on the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in the state.

Recently, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) showed its displeasure against Uddhav Thackeray's repeated attacks targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Thackeray's Shiv Sena is part of the BJP-led governments at the Centre and also in Maharashtra.

On December 24, Thackeray had attacked PM Modi by saying "chowkidar chor hai" (the guard is a thief), a jibe often used by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi.

"Halli paharekarich chorya karaylaa laagale aahet [Today, security persons have themselves become thieves]," Thackeray was quoted as saying in Solapur.

It is to be seen how far the ripples of the political handshake in Ahmednagar reaches.

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