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News India Live, Digital Desk: Historical Moment in Mumbai: A day is going to come in Maharashtra politics that was being awaited for years – today, two big faces of the Thackeray family, Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray, are going to appear on the same stage after 20 years! This incident is not part of any political rally or agreement, but a part of a special cultural and literary program called ‘Deepak’ organized by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), dedicated to Marathi language and literature.
Who can forget when 2006 Raj Thackeray left the Shiv Sena and formed his separate party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena. Since then, there was a distance between these two cousins. Often they were seen indirectly targeting each other, especially on the issues of Marathi Asmita and outsiders. Both were competing in the race to prove themselves to be the real advocates of ‘Marathi Manush’.
But now it is a historic moment when these two will appear together. MNS is celebrating this program with great pomp and Uddhav Thackeray will also join it, accepting this invitation. The program focuses on the challenges of Marathi language and literature, where a new campaign will begin with slogans like “Reading in Marathi, Moving in Marathi”. In this, not only is there a matter of promoting Marathi language from schools to everyday life, but the challenge has also been underlined when students of other states are leaving their regional language behind and electing Hindi medium.
It will be interesting to see what this step of sharing the stage after 20 years will have an impact on the Thackeray family and the politics of Maharashtra. Is this just a cultural union or will political distance between the two brothers also decrease on the foundation of Marathi Asmita? Today, everyone’s eyes will not be Buenos Aires, but on the same platform in Mumbai where two prominent contenders for a political legacy will be seen together.
