India, Jan. 7 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) and MNS, which recently joined hands ahead of the BMC polls, and announced campaign rallies in the island city, and western and eastern suburbs, have pulled back their plans. The two parties will now have a single rally on Sunday at Shivaji Park, the permission for which is awaited.

Instead of grand rallies, the Thackeray cousins - Uddhav and Raj - are now visiting shakhas, which they say form the backbone of Sena (UBT).

The reason behind the move was revealed by the cousins in a joint interview to Sena (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana's editor and the party's MP Sanjay Raut, where they said: "We have realised that getting enough crowds on working days will be difficult. We have limited resources now. If three m...