Mumbai, Dec. 24 -- As Thackeray brothers joined hands ahead of the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said that Congress must also come together to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"We have urged the Congress many times that if we have to defeat the BJP, we must come together," Raut told reporters here.

When asked about the seat-sharing formula between UBT Sena and Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Raut refused to comment on the same, saying that brothers don't indulge in business.

"In politics, number sharing is a business. Here, there is no business among brothers. This is a family. We will see what we have to do," he said.

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