Leaders of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Thursday said they were in favour of projecting party president Raj Thackeray as the Chief Ministerial nominee ahead of the coming Assembly elections in Maharashtra.

The MNS office-bearers met here today, and unanimously decided that Raj Thackeray should be projected for the top post of the state, on the lines of BJP's well-in-advance projection of Narendra Modi for the Prime Minister's post.