Maharashtra minister Ravindra Chavan has said the next mayor of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) in Thane district will be from BJP, reported news agency PTI.

Addressing a gathering of BJP workers in Kalyan on Sunday, Ravindra Chavan also said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, would jointly contest forthcoming elections in Maharashtra, reported PTI.