Dehradun, Dec. 25 -- The estranged cousins, Uddhav Thackeray, who leads the truncated Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), and Raj Thackeray, leader of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), have finally understood why they should have remained united as part of the original Shiv Sena instead of following their own ambitions. Unfortunately, it might be twenty years too late! Even so, better late than never and the new alliance that they have forged to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Nashik Municipal Corporation elections will provide them a better chance to counter the MahaYuti Alliance that governs the state.
Everybody knows that they are counting on the chauvinistic surge in Marathi pride that has re-emerge...