Mumbai: Shiv Sena, BJP start unofficial campaign
While the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction got its symbol late on Monday and is yet to file nomination, its former ally plans to do it a day prior to deadline; both candidates meeting locals and groups
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While the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction got its symbol late on Monday and is yet to file nomination, its former ally plans to do it a day prior to deadline; both candidates meeting locals and groups
It is to be seen how their new names and election symbols reach out to the voters who will take the last call
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Ahead of their rallies, both factions have used the late founder Bal Thackeray’s archival pictures and videos in which he is seen taking jibes at the then opposition parties and strongly advocating his brand of Hindutva that has become a plank to impress upon the people that ‘we are the real Shiv Sena’