No one can separate Mumbai from the Thackeray brand: Sena (UBT) leader Anand Dubey hails Uddhav-Raj meetup
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Mumbai: Shiv Sena UBT leader Anand Dubey on Sunday expressed happiness after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray met Uddhav Thackeray at his residence on his 65th birthday.Anand Dubey said that no one can "separate" Mumbai from the "Thackeray" brand. The Shiv Sena (UBT) leader also took an indirect dig at Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde , referring to the 2022 Shiv Sena split."They can steal anything, but they cannot steal people. The people are continuously coming here. Everyone is saying that we are with Thackeray Sahab. No one can separate Mumbai from the Thackeray brand...Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray are brothers, so they will definitely meet with each other...", he said.Meanwhile, earlier on Sunday, Raj Thackeray met Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray at the latter's residence, Matoshree, on Sunday and extended birthday wishes.Sharing the visuals, Shiv Sena (UBT) wrote on X, "Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Rajsaheb Thackeray extended birthday greetings to party chief Uddhavsaheb Thackeray."This meeting follows the Thackeray brothers' joint rally on July 5, in which they declared their victory against the alleged imposition of Hindi by the Maharashtra government.They shared a hug at the Worli Dome in Mumbai at their 'Awaz Marathicha' joint rally after the Maharashtra government scrapped two Government Resolutions (GRs) to introduce Hindi as the third language.Meanwhile, as Uddhav Thackeray turned 65 today, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi extended wishes and wrote on X, "Heartfelt birthday wishes and congratulations to Shiv Sena President and INDIA alliance partner Uddhav Thackeray ji. May you stay healthy, live long, and together we will fight for the interests and rights of the people of Maharashtra."
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