The objective was to review the party's preparations ahead of the coming local body elections, said a party leader; the rival Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde has a considerable presence in the MMR
Uddhav Thackeray. File Pic
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday held a meeting with the party's functionaries of civic bodies in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) other than the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, reported news agency PTI.
The objective was to review the party's preparations ahead of the coming local body elections, said a party leader, reported PTI.
MMR consists of satellite cities like Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli, Ulhasnagar, Bhiwandi, Ambernath, Badlapur, Navi Mumbai, Mira Bhayander and Vasai-Virar.
The rival Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde has a considerable presence in the MMR.
Raj Thackeray stresses thawing of relations with Uddhav, asks MNS workers to end feuds
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Monday asked party activists to take a cue from himself and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, who came together after 20 years, and stop intra-party bickering, reported PTI.
The MNS chief addressed a gathering of party workers in Mumbai.
An MNS functionary said Raj Thackeray asked party workers to focus on strengthening the organisation ahead of elections to local bodies, reported PTI.
He also asked us to take along those party workers who have not been active for different reasons.
"He (Thackeray) asked party workers to end internal bickering. Rajsaheb said if he and Uddhav Thackeray can come together after 20 years, then why can't the party workers put an end to their disputes," the functionary said, reported PTI.
Estranged cousins, Raj and Uddhav, shared a political stage last month to celebrate the Maharashtra government's rollback of two contentious GRs on a three-language formula for students of classes 1 to 5 amid Hindi "imposition" controversy.
Meanwhile, MNS leader Amit Thackeray on Tuesday claimed a government resolution issued under the previous MVA government, making Marathi compulsory in schools of all boards, is not being adhered to and demanded action against errant educational institutes.
"The decision by the then Uddhav Thackeray government to make learning Marathi mandatory in schools of all boards- CBSE, ICSE, IB and others- is being trampled upon," Amit stated in a letter addressed to Minister of State of the School Education Department Pankaj Bhoyar.
Amit, son of MNS chief Raj Thackeray, heads the students' wing of the MNS.
(With inputs from PTI)
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