Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Ex-Mumbai mayor Shubha Raul quits Shiv Sena (UBT), joins BJP

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: `Our old friends have started sitting with those allergic to Vande Mataram`, Fadnavis takes swipe at Thackeray cousins

On Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray unveiling their manifesto for the BMC polls earlier on Sunday, Fadnavis said they could have done it a day earlier, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Rajmata Jijabai, mother of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. "But in recent times, our old friends have started sitting with those allergic to Vande Mataram, so I am not aware what else they are allergic to," Fadnavis said, without naming Raj or Uddhav. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: `Confusion and corruption have united`

"Somebody told me that a cartoonist (Raj) and a photographer (Uddhav) have united," Fadnavis said. "I told the person that confusion and corruption have united," the CM said.

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Raj, Uddhav Thackeray have united as they fear ruling alliance, says Fadnavis

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said Uddhav and Raj Thackeray have come together ahead of the January 15 Mumbai municipal corporation elections as they fear the ruling Mahayuti alliance in the state, led by BJP. "This is not a preeti sangam, but a bheeti sangam (the cousins have come together not out of love but out of fear)," Fadnavis said, addressing a campaign rally in north Mumbai on Sunday night. (PTI)

Mumbai News LIVE Updates: Congress office-bearers from Dharavi, BJP, MNS and UBT functionaries from Navi Mumbai inducted

"All those who joined were welcomed into the party and wished well for their future political journey," it said. According to the release, Congress office-bearers and workers from Dharavi, and functionaries from the BJP, MNS and Shiv Sena (UBT) from Navi Mumbai were inducted into the ruling party.