In show of unity, Raj and Uddhav tag-team BJP, invoke Marathi pride

POLITICAL BLOCKBUSTER: THACKERAY BROTHERS SHARE STAGE AFTER 20 YEARS

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• Fadnavis did what Bal Thackeray couldn't, says Raj Thackeray

Coming together on a stage for the first time in two decades, estranged cousins Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray on Saturday put up a show of unity, hinting at their alliance and slamming the BJP-led Mahayuti government of "bowing down" to the Centre and forcing "imposition of Hindi".

In a show of strength and unity at a public rally here, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray said he and MNS head Raj Thackeray have come together to stay united on the issue of Marathi identity and "imposition" of the Hindi language.

The event, titled 'Awaj Marathicha' (Voice of the Marathi), was jointly organised by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) of Raj Thackeray.

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.