The formal countdown for high-stakes elections to 29 municipal corporations, including Mumbai, began with the nomination process opening on Tuesday. Pics/Ashish Raje

Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia visited the Golden Temple in Amritsar, where he prayed for the release of party chief Arvind Kejriwal from Tihar jail. Sisodia, recently granted bail by the Supreme Court in the excise policy case, was accompanied by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Pics/ X