Raj Thackeray Meets Uddhav at 'Matoshree', New Alliance Dynamics for BMC Polls

• Raj Thackeray met cousin Uddhav Thackeray at 'Matoshree' after the municipal election nomination deadline.
• The meeting aims to resolve last-minute seat-sharing complications for the upcoming BMC and other municipal elections on January 15.
• MNS, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), and Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) have formed an alliance for the Mumbai municipal elections.
• Shiv Sena (UBT) is expected to contest over 150 seats, NCP (SP) 11 seats, with MNS taking the remaining seats out of BMC's 227.

Why It Matters: Raj-Uddhav meeting signals new political equations and alliance finalization for crucial BMC elections.