In the high-stakes civic body polls in Maharashtra, MVA partners have gone their own separate ways in many corporations. The Congress has decided to contest the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and other civic body elections independently, without an alliance with Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP (SP). Uddhav Thackeray with his wife Rashmi (File Photo: ANI) Uddhav Thackeray with his wife Rashmi (File Photo: ANI)Speaking on the ED raids on I-PAC, the firm managing the poll campaign of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, Thackeray said that he supported the Chief Minister’s stand. “Raj and I were estranged, but Marathi identity, Hindutva, and Maharashtra were never abandoned by either of us. When BJP does something, it’s Amar Prem; when we do it, it’s Love Jihad.

Source: Indian Express January 09, 2026 20:14 UTC