This Article is From Jul 29, 2016

Bal Thackeray's Controversial Will Unites Rivals Uddhav And Raj: 10 Facts

Bal Thackeray's Controversial Will Unites Rivals Uddhav And Raj: 10 Facts

Raj Thackeray met Uddhav Thackeray at his home Matoshree in Mumbai

Highlights

  • Raj Thackeray calls on cousin Uddhav at Matoshree
  • Thackerays caught in legal battle over Bal Thackeray's will
  • Uddhav's brother Jaidev Thackeray has challenged will
Mumbai: Estranged cousins and political rivals Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray met this morning at the family's main residence Matoshree in Mumbai in the middle of a war over Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray's will.

Here are 10 points about the Thackeray will dispute:

  1. "When it is a question of the Thackeray family, the entire family comes together," said a spokesperson of Raj Thackeray's MNS party, asked why the two met.

  2. Sources say the cousins discussed a sensational claim by Uddhav Thackeray's older brother Jaidev Thackeray, which has added a new twist to the battle over the will.

  3. Last week, Jaidev Thackeray said in court that his son Aishwarya Thackeray is not really his. Jaidev Thackeray dropped the bombshell while being cross-examined in court by his brother's lawyer.

  4. The cousins may visit Jaidev Thackeray to try and bring about a compromise on the feud, which has impacted Maharashtra's most powerful political family.

  5. Jaidev Thackeray, the second of Bal Thackeray's three sons, has challenged his father's will, which does not give him any share in his property but includes Aishwarya, known to be his son with ex-wife Smita Thackeray.

  6. In the will, a lion's share of Bal Thackeray's property went to his youngest son Uddhav Thackeray, who heads the Sena.

  7. Jaidev has claimed that his father was of "unsound mind" and influenced by Uddhav when he signed the will in 2011, a year before his death.

  8. Uddhav Thackeray has rubbished the allegation and insisted that his father's will is genuine.

  9. Last year, Uddhav Thackeray rejected Jaidev's offer to settle the dispute out of court.

  10. Jaidev Thackeray, who shared a strained relationship with his father, moved out of Matoshree in 1999. Smita, who has another son with Jaidev, stayed on until their divorce in 2004.



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