The coming together of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has unnerved ruling Mahayuti leaders, including Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut said on Sunday.
Raut, who belongs to the Sena (UBT), told reporters here that leaders of the Mahayuti have been left clueless after the Thackeray cousins held their “victory” rally on Saturday to celebrate the rollback of the Hindi language GRs (Government Resolutions) by the BJP-led government.
The two Thackerays shared a political stage for the first time in two decades, with Uddhav also hinting that there could be a political alliance between the Sena (UBT) and MNS.
“Mahayuti leaders and Devendra Fadnavis are rattled on the two Thackerays coming together,” Raut said.
After the Sena (UBT)-MNS rally, Fadnavis had claimed that Uddhav Thackeray delivered a “rudali” (professional mourner) like speech.
“Fadnavis and (Deputy CM Eknath) Shinde should start a weeping programme now (with the two Thackeray brothers coming together),” Raut said.