India, Jan. 11 -- Sanjay Raut, an MP from Shiv Sena's Uddhav Thackeray faction, sought to assert the influence of the Thackeray family in Maharashtra's, particularly in Mumbai's politics, and said that they can never be wiped out.

"The Thackerays can never be wiped out. We can still shut down Mumbai in 10 minutes," he told NDTV.

Raut's remarks come ahead of the much-anticipated Maharashtra's civic body polls slated for January 15, which also includes the election to Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. This is also just months after the Thackeray cousins, Uddhav and Raj, reunited after a gap of two decades.

Ahead of the high-stakes poll for BMC, India's richest civic body, both the cousins have come together to campaign on the ...