India, Feb. 10 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray, whose term as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) ends in mid-2026, may find it difficult to return to the Upper House, as his party does not have enough strength to get him re-elected. Although Sena (UBT) leaders are keen that Thackeray re-enter the state legislature, the numbers tell a different story, and the party will have to seek help from its Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance partners to make this possible.

Party insiders also revealed that Thackeray himself was not keen to get re-elected as an MLC. He had announced his decision to resign from the position after stepping down as chief minister on June 30, 2022, following the split in the undivided Shiv Sena enginee...