Uddhav, Raj Thackeray Reunite at Shivaji Park, Announce Alliance for BMC Elections

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This special report focuses on a major political realignment in Maharashtra, where Thackeray cousins Uddhav Thackeray, President of Shiv Sena (UBT), and Raj Thackeray, President of MNS, held a joint rally at Mumbai's iconic Shivaji Park. The two have formed an alliance for the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, stating they have joined hands for the benefit of the 'Marathi Manus'. Taking the opportunity to attack his rivals, Uddhav Thackeray stated that 'helpless monkeys can't become tigers' and asserted that the Jan Sangh, the BJP's precursor, had no role in Maharashtra's fight. The report highlights that this pivotal moment sees the brothers reunite after Raj Thackeray had earlier split from the Shiv Sena to form his own party, with their shared cause now being a focus on Marathi identity ahead of the crucial civic polls.

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00:00and we have some breaking news coming in from Maharashtra where the Thakere brothers have held

00:12a rally and back to it the iconic Shivaji Park Uddhar Thakere and Raj Thakere they held a joint

00:20rally now Raj Thakere who's the MNS chief said that he they joined hands for the benefit of the

00:28Marathi Manus or the Maharashtrian men the Marathi people this is what Raj Thakere said while Uddhar Thakere

00:36took this opportunity to attack the chief minister over the Marathi Hindu mayor remark Uddhar Thakere

00:42said that helpless monkeys can't become tigers remember his father was referred to as a tiger

00:50and Uddhar Thakere said that Jansang had no role in Maharashtra's fight he also said that the BJP

00:57wants to change the constitution now this is an important event because the two brothers have

01:05come together for the BMC elections which is the Brihan Mumbai municipal cooperation elections and this

01:12has been a pivotal moment in the history of Shiv Sena as the two cousins come back together remember

01:20Raj Thakere had split from the Shiv Sena and formed his own outfit called the MNS and now finally the two

01:29brothers are back and the point that brought them together the platform or the reason that brought

01:34them together was the supposed Hindi imposition on the Marathi speakers and that was when Raj Thakere and

01:47brother Uddhar Thakere decided to hold their first agitation together against Hindi imposition and now

01:54they have managed to form an alliance for the Brihan Mumbai municipal cooperation and have decided to hold

02:00rallies together and are attacking the BJP together so the two brothers once again together and this time

02:08they say they are together for the benefit of Marathi Manus it is for them that they have gotten together

02:16and Uddhar Thakere is taking this opportunity to remind people that as far as the fight of the Marathi

02:24Manus is concerned the Jana Sangha which is actually the precursor to the BJP had nothing to do in the

02:33Maharashtra fight he is reminding them that it is them who are the true custodians of the Marathi Manus

02:41and joining us now live is India today's Ritvik Bhalikar Ritvik do tell us what for the main points made by

02:50the two cousins in this rally absolutely this is the historic time because both the Thakere brothers

03:04Uddhar Thakere and Raj Thakere converged on the iconic Shivaji Park for the first time for an upcoming BMC

03:12also rally and they targeted BMC they slammed how BMC is trying to poach their workers and their you know

03:23candidates and how they are trying to spend crores of rupees to buy them is what is claimed by both the

03:32Thakere's also they are trying to tell all the cadres of both Shiv Sena UBT and MNS that the relevance and

03:42existence of Marathi community is being wiped out and how the main land parcels in Mumbai let's say

03:51airport land is been grabbed by the government and they want to sell it to the private entity so these

03:59were the you know issues raised by both the Thakere's in today's rally and obviously it will be a Marathi

04:06versus a non-Marathi pitch which both the Thakere's are trying to you know set a narrative for the upcoming

04:14BMC polls right thank you Ritvik for all those details and our eyes will be on the two brothers

04:21as they approach the BMC elections

Uddhav, Raj Thackeray Reunite at Shivaji Park, Announce Alliance for BMC Elections

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