Updated On: 12 January, 2026 08:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Sanjeev Shivadekar
At their joint rally in Shivaji Park on Sunday, both Raj and Uddhav Thackeray accuse BJP of reshaping Mumbai to benefit Adani Group

(From left) Raj Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray share the stage at a joint BMC election rally at Shivaji Park on Sunday, marking their first appearance together at the venue in nearly 20 years. Pic/Rane Ashish
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday ditched his trademark “Lav re to video” style and instead used a large-screen presentation to attack the rise of the Adani Group under the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government.
Calling the upcoming civic polls the “last election for Marathi interests”, Raj urged voters to unite, warning that missing this moment would lead to lasting regret. Addressing a massive rally at Shivaji Park, he compared Adani’s position before 2014 with its rapid expansion after the BJP came to power. “No business house anywhere in the world has seen such explosive growth in just a decade,” Raj claimed. He also reiterated his opposition to the bullet train project, arguing that it harmed local interests.