The Congress–Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) alliance suffered a setback ahead of the BMC Election 2026 after the Prakash Ambedkar-led party informed its ally that it lacked candidates in 20 of the 62 seats allotted to it, forcing a possible rework of the poll strategy

Earlier on Monday, the Congress announced the first list of 87 candidates for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections. This came a day after the party announced its alliance with the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) for the civic polls