India, Aug. 8 -- The Thackeray cousins may have caused a stir in the corridors of power with broad hints of a possible reunion ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, but grassroots activists from both Uddhav and Raj's parties - Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), respectively - seem unwilling to share their leaders' enthusiasm.

While the 'bhai-bhai' saga has sustained since the time both joined forces to celebrate the state government withdrawing its plan to impose Hindi as a compulsory third language in primary schools, party workers have nursed two doubts: firstly, will the alliance really happen, and secondly, even if they do manage to come together, will they be able to garner a sizeable ch...