India, Jan. 12 -- Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil shares his city-wise assessment of the upcoming civic polls, projecting strong performances for the Mahayuti across key urban centres in Western Maharashtra. In an interview to Yogesh Joshi, he speaks on Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Kolhapur and other civic bodies. Edited excerpts

Q What is your overall assessment of the civic polls?

I am overseeing five municipal corporations: Kolhapur, Sangli, Ichalkaranji, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.

Q Let's start with Pune.

In Pune, out of 165 seats, our assessment is that 115 seats are already through. Our state BJP president, Ravindra Chavan, recently conducted an intensive review - no public meetin...