After 20 years, cousins Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray got here collectively to share the identical stage in a present of energy for Marathi and in in opposition to the Maharashtra authorities’s now-scrapped language coverage.
After practically 20 years, estranged cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray shared the general public stage as soon as once more. On Saturday, they got here collectively in Mumbai for a “mega victory gathering” to have fun the Maharashtra authorities’s resolution to roll again the three-language coverage in main colleges.
Addressing the ‘victory’ rally for the Marathi trigger, Raj Thackeray took a jibe on the BJP saying, “What Bal Thackeray couldn’t do, Devendra Fadnavis did – carry us collectively”.
“Maharashtra is greater than any politics and struggle. Right this moment, after 20 years, Uddhav and I’ve come collectively. What Balasaheb couldn’t do, Devendra Fadnavis did it… The work of bringing each of us collectively,” the MNS chief mentioned.
Uddhav Thackeray, chief of Shiv Sena (UBT), and Raj Thackeray, president of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), are recognized for his or her sturdy advocacy of Marathi identification and language. Their joint look comes simply forward of the upcoming native physique elections, together with the high-stakes Mumbai civic polls.
The final time the Thackeray cousins had been seen collectively on stage was throughout the 2005 marketing campaign for the Malvan meeting bypoll, held after former chief minister Narayan Rane left the undivided Shiv Sena. Later that 12 months, Raj parted methods with the occasion and went on to type the MNS in 2006.