political rift between Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) seems to be widening. On Thursday, MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande accused Shiv Sena (UBT) corporators of supporting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
13 February,2026 09:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Sanjeev Shivadekar
Bhagat Singh Koshyari hit back at Raj Thackeray, claiming the MNS chief is “too scared” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid the ongoing controversy over the RSS event
11 February,2026 07:05 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
MNS chief Raj Thackeray strongly criticised RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat over his remarks calling language-based protests a “disease”. Thackeray defended linguistic and regional identity, accused the RSS of indirect politics, and questioned Hindi imposition. BJP later hit back
10 February,2026 01:31 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Ties between Shiv Sena (UBT) and the MNS have come under strain after Raj Thackeray’s party extended support to Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in the Nashik Municipal Corporation, following a similar move in Kalyan-Dombivli
07 February,2026 08:27 AM IST | Mumbai | Sanjeev ShivadekarADVERTISEMENT
