Also Read Raj Thackeray urges Marathi unity as alliances clash ahead of high-stakes BMC polls“Mumbai’s mayor will be Marathi and will be ours,” Raj said addressing a joint news conference in Mumbai’s Worli on Wednesday. It is not going to make any difference now,” said a Mumbai BJP leader. Over the last several months, like the BJP, Shinde too has wooed the Uddhav-loyalist corporators to switch sides and they have. “With Uddhav Thackeray joining forces with MNS we cannot be in the same alliance. “In Lok Sabha polls and even in the Assembly elections held last year, Muslims had voted for Uddhav Thackeray.

Source: The Telegraph December 24, 2025 13:01 UTC