Sena legislators went to meet Raj at his Dadar residence after the meeting, but he had already left for some function.
Raj's move is seen as the result of a fallout with cousin Udhdhav.
In the concluding part of an interview to his party's mouthpiece, Saamna, Thackeray said Maharashtra would have had an upper hand in the country's politics if Pawar had joined hands with him.
'His son fought bravely like a true Shiv Sainik and emerged victorious against those whose machinations were to finish the Shiv Sena in the state.'
Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray wanted to transfer of a defamation case filed against him.
BJP leaders say one thing at their brainstorming session and another outside, The Sena chief said.
The Shiv Sena chief's hard-hitting response came after Samajwadi Party leaders threatened to `break the hand' that is raised against people from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Following is the chronology of events in the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case.
It was a show of strength-- of the Sena supporters, the Rane supporters and the Mumbai police.\n\nThe police won hands down.
'Sonia took Rajiv to Sicily island for their safety when India was fighting the war with Pakistan in 1971,' the Shiv Sena chief told party mouthpiece Saamna in Mumbai.
However, Rane made it clear that he had no intentions of leaving the Sena.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday said his party will part ways with the Bharatiya Janata Party if the latter continued to distance itself from the Hindutva agenda.
Pawar said the decision to seat the leaders together was taken by organisers as they felt it would revive the memories of their presence at the silver jubilee of the monumental masterpiece of G D Madgulkar 25 years ago.
The Sena chief blamed the divestment policy of the NDA regime for its poor showing in the Lok Sabha election.
There were reports that the Bharatiya Janata Party leader complained of high blood pressure and sugar levels and a doctor was called to examine him.
Nirupam said differences over North Indians migrating to Mumbai led to his decision to sever ties with the Sena.
Political observers say nothing much should be read into the Sena chief's remarks about his new advisory role.
The cricketer had said that the Sena chief is not against Muslims and lamented that certain vested interests were bent upon tarnishing his image by describing him as 'anti-Muslim'.
"The fact is a Maratha from Maharashtra has become slave of a foreign lady. At least Maratha leaders should not do that,' he said.
The Yuva Sena chief asked the party's rank and file to gear up to win the hearts of the people and the state.
The Bombay high court had sentenced the Sena chief to years' imprisonment in a contempt case.
The party was fined Rs 20 lakh by the Bombay High Court on June 22 2005 on a Public Interest Litigation alleging that the city suffered a loss of Rs 50 lakhs due to the bandh.
Advani arrived in the metropolis on Monday to attend some private functions.
'Whenever he speaks in the Rajya Sabha, he entertains the members,' the Sena chief said.
Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray on Wednesday said that late Zail Singh, while he was the President, had expressed gratitude to him for saving the lives of members of the Sikh community in Mumbai.
The auction by National Textile Corporation for the 4.8 acre Kohinoor Mill No 3 land in Dadar area has been won by city-based Kohinoor CTN for Rs 421 crore.
A war of words between the banker wife of Maharashtra's former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena deputy leader Priyanka Chaturvedi has become the latest talking point in state political circles.
Despite belonging to a political dynasty of sorts, Aaditya Thackeray is the first in his family to contest an election.
They met at Thackeray's suburban Bandra residence in Mumbai.
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