The Thackeray cousins contested the elections to BEST Employees Cooperative Credit Society in an alliance but didn't win any seats. Union leader Shashank Rao-led panel won.
MNS chief’s visit to the Thackeray abode on Uddhav’s birthday after a gap of several years has given fresh life to MNS-Shiv Sena (UBT) alliance chatter. Workers say ‘hopeful’.
The party is treading cautiously ahead of the Bihar polls as it is wary of Raj Thackeray’s anti-migrant image and the impact on its Hindi heartland voter base.
Thousands of Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS workers gathered at NSCI Dome campus in Mumbai’s Worli to witness the first joint rally by Uddhav and Raj Thackeray in nearly 20 years.
Their planned joint appearance against Hindi imposition in Maharashtra schools is seen as a step towards a possible union of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS ahead of BMC polls.
As talk of alliances with both Shiv Sena (UBT) and Mahayuti swirl, the MNS chief is focusing on internal clean-up while Uddhav Thackeray has sharpened his campaign on Marathi identity.
Though there have been talks of reunion earlier, this time Uddhav has reacted positively towards Raj’s overtures. Raj had parted ways with Shiv Sena in 2005 to float MNS.
The estranged cousins' remarks come at a time when their respective parties have mounted an attack against the 'Hindi imposition' by the BJP-led government in the state.
An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.
A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.
Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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