Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray said on Saturday that the president of a truly Marathi party like the Nationalist Congress Party should be "a Patil and not a Patel", apparently referring to NCP's working president Praful Patel. We are closing the LIVE blog now

Maharashtra local body elections LIVE updates: Polls are being seen as a crucial litmus test for the Fadnavis-led Mahayuti government, with the results expected to indicate public sentiment towards the ruling alliance ahead. We are closing the LIVE blog now