Overview

• On June 21–22, Uddhav Thackeray convened marathon meetings with MPs, MLAs and district heads to finalise civic poll strategy and reinforce party unity.
• Two additional ex-UBT corporators joined the BJP on June 22, taking total defections above 50 and prompting the BJP to claim the largest-party status in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
• Shiv Sena UBT MP Sanjay Raut has stated that only Uddhav and Raj Thackeray will decide on any electoral tie-up between their parties.
• Both Shiv Sena UBT and the MNS have led symbolic protests against Hindi imposition under the National Education Policy, including burning textbooks and distributing anti-Hindi posters.
• Posters displayed near Sena Bhavan by both factions signal a possible reconciliation of the Thackeray cousins and hint at a united front for the upcoming civic elections.