MNS chief Raj Thackeray, who had announced that his party will not contest the Lok Sabha election, but the campaign against the BJP-Shiv Sena combine, is expected to address five to six rallies this month, sources said on Thursday. Thackeray is unlikely to formally join forces with the Congress and the NCP, but his campaigning will help the electoral cause of the grand alliance led by them, sources in these parties said.

Raj Thackeray with NCP chief Sharad Pawar