Raj Shrikant Thackeray is an Indian politician and chairperson of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), the far-right Marathi ethnocentric regional political party. He is the nephew of Bal Thackeray; and a cousin of Shiv Sena chief and the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray.
Raj Thackeray said by the opening of wine shops, the state will start getting a bit of revenue flow which is needed to fight the coronavirus outbreak. DNA - Published
In a dig at his estranged cousin and MNS chief Raj Thackeray who is apparently reshaping his politics with the Hindutva agenda in Maharashtra, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said the Shiv.. IndiaTimes - Published
Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil on Wednesday asked chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to guard against the Congress' "conspiracy" to "win away" the Shiv Sena from its Hindutva agenda and allow.. IndiaTimes - Published
The party made the statement in the wake of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's remarks that his party will take out a huge rally on February 9 in Mumbai to drive "illegal.. IndiaTimes - Published
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, who had attacked the Modi government during the 2019 Lok Sabha poll campaign, turned saffron all over again on Thursday, coming out in full support of.. IndiaTimes - Published
MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday indicated he is all set to carry forward uncle Bal Thackeray's legacy, unveiling his party's new saffron flag and announcing his support to the Modi government for.. IndiaTimes - Published
A surprise meeting between Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray and leader of opposition and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday fuelled speculation of a new political front emerging.. IndiaTimes - Published
Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on Tuesday announced its first list of 27 candidates for the October 21 Maharashtra assembly elections. The list did not name a candidate from Worli in.. IndiaTimes - Published
The book also delves into the childhood and political initiation of Uddhav and Raj Thackeray and their subsequent bitter parting of ways. DNA - Published
The Enforcement Directorate is probing how MNS chief Raj Thackeray walked out of Matoshree Realtors, one of the partners in the consortium constructing Kohinoor Square Towers in Dadar, with a profit of.. IndiaTimes - Published
Sources in the know told DNA that the agency had a 35-point questionnaire ready for the MNS chief, to help map the financial transactions that took place. DNA - Published
The NCP on Thursday smelt "political vendetta" behind the CBI and ED's actions against senior Congress leader P Chidambaram and MNS chief Raj Thackeray, respectively. IndiaTimes - Published
There was "ample evidence" against former finance minister Chidambaram, Raut claimed, adding that constantly dubbing the action of the investigating agencies' as "political vendetta" would demoralise.. IndiaTimes - Published
Raj Thackeray was summoned in connection with a case pertaining to alleged irregularities related to Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) loan to Kohinoor CTNL. DNA - Published
The MNS chief has also appealed the party workers and leaders to maintain peace on August 22, the day he has to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a case pertaining to.. DNA - Published
MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande alleged political vendetta behind the move, adding that BJP was nervous as MNS chief Raj Thackrey was unifying Opposition parties against what he called as "Hitlershahi".. DNA - Published
Raj Thackeray had called for the state assembly elections to be postponed considering the floods in districts like Sangli and Kolhapur, which have affected and dispossessed lakhs of people DNA - Published
A clutch of opposition leaders, key among them state Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat, MNS president Raj Thackeray and NCP's Ajit Pawar, held a joint press conference here over the EVM issue. They.. IndiaTimes - Published
Mumbai Congress working president Eknath Gaikwad said they were ready to ally with the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). DNA - Published
Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar said his party and the Congress had come to an agreement on 240 of the 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra, polls for which are scheduled for later this.. IndiaTimes - Published
Shetti says in his recent meeting with MNS chief Raj Thackeray, he had discussed the possibility of approaching the courts or launching a public movement against the use of EVMs DNA - Published
Raj had launched a surrogate campaign for the Congress and NCP by campaigning against the Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. DNA - Published
MNS leader Raj Thackeray met Sonia Gandhi of the Congress in New Delhi on Monday, a development that fuelled talk about alliances for the Maharashtra assembly election this year. Congress state unit.. IndiaTimes - Published
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Monday met Congress parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi and discussed the issue of EVMs and the political situation in Maharashtra where.. DNA - Published
