India, Sept. 11 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray visited the residence of his cousin and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday afternoon for a meeting that lasted two hours and 45 minutes, fuelling speculation that the two are planning a political reunion for the upcoming local body polls across Maharashtra.

After the meeting, both cousins chose to remain silent about what transpired between them and refused to speak to the media. While leaders from both parties told HT on the condition of anonymity that the cousins discussed an alliance for the local body polls, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut claimed that the meeting was not political. He said that Uddhav had visited Raj's residence to meet his a...