The Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) is gearing up for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections with renewed energy. The political arena in Maharashtra is dominated by established parties like the Shiv Sena, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Competing against these well-entrenched parties requires the MNS to boost its organisational strength and voter outreach significantly.

Raj Thackeray who had declared support for the BJP-led NDA during the Lok Sabha elections has asked his party workers to start preparing for the Maharashtra assembly elections. This comes after Raj Thackeray had campaigned for the NDA though his party had not fielded candidates in the Lok Sabha elections.