After a bruising break-up that has left the Shiv Sena and the BJP with near identical numbers in the BMC elections, the frenemies and the fractious past seem to be continuing.

The bitterness and war between the former allies was thrown into sharp relief close to the elections and now, of course, analysts and expert commentators are spouting all kinds of improbable permutations and outlandish combinations about who will rule the country's richest civic body. While that is fodder for political minds, all the people really want is a coming together for the good of Mumbai. That is what the vote was for and that, ideally, should be the only consideration now.