Maharashtra Politics: In the midst of Alliance Buzz, visit Uddhav Thackeray Raj's house for the 2nd time in two weeks

Mumbai: SHIV SENA (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday visited the home of his cousin and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray in Mumbai amid the buzz of an alliance between the two parties before the local body miles after years of alienation. The latest meeting between the two party heads and their leaders was held in ‘Shivtirth’, the residence of Raj Thackeray in the city’s Dadar area. By the way, the leaders of the Maharashtra Congress met Uddhav Thackeray Monday, during which the issue of a possible alliance between the SHIV Sena (UBT) and the MNS came up. Leaders of Congress, an ally of the Shiv Sena (UBT), then said that they would discuss the issue with their high assignment. It was the second known interaction between the once confused cousins ​​over the past two weeks. Uddhav visited ‘Shivtirth’ late last month during the Ganesh festival. Sanjay Raut, LP of SHIV Sena (UBT), later told reporters that Uddhav Thackeray visited ‘Shivtirth’ to meet Raj’s Mother Kunda, who is his ‘Mavshi’ (mother’s sister), but did not live on the political corner of the meeting. Both Raj and Uddhav Thackeray are mother as well as paternal cousins. However, an MNS leader insisted that this was the first time the two leaders met to discuss the possibility of a formal alliance between their parties and broad contours. The Thackerays shared a stage in Mumbai on July 5 to celebrate their ‘victory’ after the Maharashtra government traced its controversial orders on the three-language formula for students of class 1 to 5 amid charges of the imposition of Hindi in the state dominated by marathi speakers. At the end of you, Raj Matoshree, the residence of Uddhav Thackeray in suburban Bandra, visited to wish the latter on his birthday. Although Raj Thackeray stopped the undivided Shiv Sena in blaming Uddhav for his exit in 2005, it appears that the parties of their parties in the 2024 polls in the Maharashtra meeting forced the opponents to improve the ties and create their own political space in the state. Both parties have dropped enough tips to forge an alliance for the upcoming local body polls, including elections for the continuing Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), but have not yet announced a formal bond. If a merger takes concrete form, the BJP, an angry critic of the Shiv Sena (UBT), will be the most important competitor. Raj Thackeray has been a critic as well as a proponent of the BJP in the past. Asked about the latest meeting between the Thackerays, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said he had no mechanism to understand what was in the mind of the cousins. “I didn’t meet anyone, and I don’t know what they said. I have no technique to understand what they have on their heads. I know nothing about their meeting,” Fadnavis told reporters in Nashik. Mumbai BJP head and MLA Amet Satam tried to lower its importance, saying the citizens are more concerned about development than family meetings between political leaders. “It’s not about who meets who and their family-related bonding, but it’s more about whom Atal Setu, the Coastal Road, built the redevelopment of BDD chawls in Worli and neighboring areas, and which has set up a large network CCTV cameras across Mumbai. He argued that in the last election, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis supported the Prime Minister Narendra Moda, and they would also do so in future polls. The MLA noted on the BJP-led coalition’s development agenda that the trade union and state governments had accelerated the construction of Navi Mumbai International Airport. Citizens want this rate of development, which was never presented by others during the 25 years of the rule. Only meetings between cousins ​​have no political value; People are more interested in who will solve their problems, the BJP leader confirmed. BJP MLC Pravin Darekar also tried to lower the meeting. “As a junior political worker, I would be delighted that the two cousins ​​come together, as Maharashtra has a history of civil discourse and is in line with like -minded groups. But this is not the time to talk about their alliance,” Darykar said. He wonders what Uddhav Thackeray’s position in opposition block Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) would be if he chose to align with Raj. It is no sense to rush to claim that their alliance will not bring the SHIV Sena (UBT) and the MNS to power in the BMC, Darykar said. Shiv Sena Minister Uday Samant said, regardless of new alliances, the Mahayuti will wipe the upcoming election for local bodies in the state. Samant said Sena believes Raj Thackeray should join the Mahayuti alliance. “However, it is up to Raj Thackeray to decide his political future. As a Mahayuti leader, I am confident that we will come to power in all local and urban bodies and BMC, regardless of any alliances,” he told reporters in Pune. Amid the buzz about their Pan-Maharashtra Alliance, the Sena (UBT) and MNS had a setback in the election to the best employees Cooperative Credit Society Ltd, where the panel supported by the two parties lost all 21 seats.