India, July 15 -- Amid speculations over a tie-up between Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), which intensified when the Thackeray cousins participated in a joint rally on July 5, MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Monday underlined that the rally "was limited for the issue of Marathi language and was not political".

Raj added that any "decision of forging a political alliance would be taken when the civic elections are announced". This was concurred by his cousin, Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray.

The Thackerays called attention to a possible reunification when they held the rally in Worli to celebrate the government withdrawing its decision to make the study of Marathi as third language in primary schools mandatory if stude...