Raj's Resolve, Uddhav's Big Hint: Thackeray Reunion 20 Years In Making

After a political separation that spanned two decades, cousins Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray united today at a public rally in Mumbai. The event, titled 'Awaj Marathicha' (Voice of the Marathi), has been jointly organised by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), marking the first time since 2005 that the two estranged leaders shared a stage. The ruling Mahayuti coalition's recent rollback of a controversial policy mandating Hindi as a third language in Maharashtra's primary schools has served as the trigger for this show of unity by the Thackeray cousins. Both Uddhav, 64, and Raj, 57, had strongly opposed the proposal, and the rally is being positioned as a "victory" for Marathi linguistic identity