Raj Thackeray meets Bal Thackeray in what looks like an attempt to smooth out the recent crisis in the party.
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The Sena, weakened after Raj Thackeray broke away floated his own party, is optimistic that it will win the prestigious and the most cash rich corporation in the country.
The actor thanked Thackeray for his support to him and his family during their times of crisis
The Shiv Sena chief accused the media of being a silent spectator to the vandalism indulged in by protestors
Maharashtra BJP chief and former deputy chief minister Gopinath Munde asked reporters not to read too much into Thackeray's absence at Tuesday night's Sena-BJP dinner meeting.
It is not clear, however, what has prompted them to write to Thackeray, and what do they expect from him in return.
The grandson of Leela Mashelkar, Manish, submitted a memorandum addressed to Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh demanding he be paid the compensation.
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The Sena agreed to allow the BJP to contest the bypoll in Chimur.
BJP Maharashtra unit president Nitin Gadkari appeared to be the target of Sena's ire with its mouthpiece Saamna describing him as the nemesis of the alliance.
The BJP has had a raise in its share of seats from 105 in 1990 to 121 in 2004.
The Punjab Police said a comprehensive security plan has been worked out for the Mohali match against Pakistan.
"Everyone who stabs the Sena in the back should ponder over where they would have been had it not been for the Sena," Thackeray said.
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However, he said he will not dump his trusted aide and former Maharashtra chief minister Chhagan Bhujbal to forge this partnership, a condition put forth by Thackeray.
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The dinner meeting was supposed to take place on Tuesday night at a five-star hotel in suburban Andheri in Mumbai.
"If you want to select the day, then select it in the name of Laila-Majnu, Heer-Ranjha and Bajirao Peshwe-Mastani," he said.
"He was raised here at Matoshree, played with other children. I never expected that he would go so far. I don't know who misguided him, but they did so to fulfil their own gains," Thackeray said.
All those who have left Sena should return: Bal Thackeray.
The BJP's attempt was to show that it would be a different ballgame altogether in the civic and zilla parishad polls scheduled in the next few months, which were no less than a mini-general election in the state, sources said.
"If I get a proposal from the Congress, I will consider," he told reporters in Ajmer. He added that Gandhi was competent to lead the country.
Thackeray was writing in an editorial in Sena mouthpiece "Saamna".
Sena legislators went to meet Raj at his Dadar residence after the meeting, but he had already left for some function.
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