India, Dec. 24 -- Once estranged, cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray have joined hands for the upcoming civic body polls in Mumbai and have vowed to stay "permanently together". The much-anticipated announcement came at an event in Mumbai on Wednesday, months after their big show of unity back in July as the two brothers shared stage for the first time in nearly two decades.

Uddhav Thackeray's faction of Shiv Sena and Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) will be contesting the upcoming January 15 civic elections together.

Talking about the coming together of Uddhav Sena and MNS, Raj Thackeray said he would always keep the interests of Maharashtra above everything else.

Raj Thackeray also vowed that the mayor of Mumbai would b...