Overview

• Uddhav Thackeray, accompanied by wife Rashmi and son Aaditya, offered prayers at cousin Raj Thackeray’s Shivtirth residence on Ganesh Chaturthi in a rare public reunion.
• It was Uddhav’s first visit to Raj’s home since the latter moved there in 2021, extending a series of recent reconciliatory gestures between the estranged cousins.
• Party accounts on X shared photos and video of the families together, providing on-record confirmation of the meeting.
• The cousins have increasingly appeared together in 2025, including a joint July stage opposing the state’s now-withdrawn three-language GR and a birthday visit to Matoshree.
• Separate festival visits by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde on Thursday to Raj’s residence underscored fluid alliance possibilities even as no UBT–MNS pact has been declared.