Mumbai, Sept. 26 -- Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde said that the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) supremo Uddhav Thackeray have reunited only to keep the power within the 'Thackeray family' and their reunion has nothing to do with the benefit of the state here.

Speaking at the Indian Today Conclave, Shinde brushed aside the challenges posed by the two brothers coming together to fight the municipal elections.

"Those coming together are not doing it for Maharashtra; they are doing it for family politics. People saw what happened in the BMC for 25 years. They experienced Covid and corruption under the previous leadership. We focus on real work, development, and solving citizens' problems," Shinde said at th...