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Thackeray Cousins Announce Alliance to Contest Mumbai and Key Civic Polls

Their initial cooperation in the BEST cooperative poll has given way to seat-sharing talks that remain informal pending official municipal election notifications.

The cousins, Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, reunited for a political rally for the first time in two decades last month when they held a joint one in Mumbai over the Marathi language row.
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Overview

  • Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut declared that Uddhav and Raj Thackeray will contest the upcoming municipal elections in Mumbai, Thane, Nashik and Kalyan-Dombivli together.
  • The parties tested their cooperation on August 18 by jointly fielding candidates in the BEST Employees Co-operative Credit Society election in Mumbai.
  • Detailed discussions on seat allocation are underway but no formal alliance agreement has been signed ahead of expected municipal polls this October.
  • Uddhav Thackeray has urged the Supreme Court to expedite his party’s plea challenging Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar’s decision to allot the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol to a rival Sena faction.
  • BJP leaders dismissed the alliance announcement as premature and “guesswork” in the face of competition for urban governance.