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Thackeray Brothers should join hands with BJP on Marathi and Hindutva issues: Hemant Patil

Pune, Jan 24 (UNI) Hemant Patil, National President of India against corruption and a prominent OBC leader, on Saturday appealed to Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray to adopt a flexible stand on Marathi identity and Hindutva and form an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Patil said that it is the desire of people across Maharashtra that the two major regional parties—Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray and MNS led by Raj Thackeray—come together with the BJP. "If a BJP–Shiv Sena–MNS alliance is formed, it would create new political equations and significantly alter the state’s political landscape," he said.
Raj Thackeray has been facing criticism after MNS extended support to the Shinde-led Shiv Sena in the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation. However, marking the birth centenary of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray, Raj Thackeray shared an emotional post clarifying that his flexible political stance is not driven by personal interests.
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