'Mumbai Will Get A Marathi Mayor': Thackeray Brothers Seal Alliance
The estranged Thackeray cousins have reunited. They will fight the upcoming local body elections in Mumbai together. The decision has been made public by cousins Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, formally declaring an alliance that will redraw the power map of the financial capital, with Marathi identity making a grand comeback in the regional politics. "I officially declare that Shiv Sena and MNS are alliance partners (for the January 15 election)," Raj Thackeray, who heads the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), announced at a joint press conference this morning. "Mumbai will get a Marathi mayor," he thundered, assuring that that person will be from the Shiv Sena-MNS alliance. Uddhav, seated next to him, also sounded confident: "Mumbai will stay with us, come what may."
