Overview

• Raj Thackeray visited Uddhav Thackeray’s residence for a family lunch, arriving with his mother and relatives and describing the meeting as personal.
• This was the sixth meeting between the cousins since July, reflecting sustained proximity ahead of Mumbai’s civic polls.
• The Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS plan a joint protest on October 13 over alleged mismanagement in the Thane Municipal Corporation, a bastion of Eknath Shinde.
• Seat-sharing discussions for the 227-member BMC are underway, with sources indicating the MNS is seeking roughly 90–95 seats in Mumbai.
• Leaders have not announced any alliance, and earlier coordination stumbled when a joint panel failed to win in the BEST credit society election in August.