MUMBAI, Jan. 5 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and MNS chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday released a joint manifesto with promises such as a property tax waiver to flats below 700 sq ft, a Rs.1,500 monthly dole to domestic helps and 100,000 affordable houses for the Marathi manoos and all city roads, including those managed by MMRDA, MSRDC and PWD, under the BMC's jurisdiction for better maintenance. Joining hands after a gap of 20 years, the cousins also attacked the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party. Referring to 68 Mahayuti candidates getting elected unopposed, Uddhav said that after vote chori, the Mahayuti had now begun stealing candidates. "Candidates getting elected unopposed is an insult to democracy and people in Kalyan Dombivli and Thane," he said. "The election process must begin afresh there and the telephone records of returning officers must be checked," the former chief minister said. Raj Thackeray said that when someone was elected unopposed in West Bengal, the BJP had moved court against this. "If they can't tolerate it in West Bengal, how can they practise it here?" the MNS chief demanded. Uddhav alleged that the state election commission had denied him permission to release a booklet on the work done by his MVA government during Covid-19 but he would release it nevertheless. "Let the SEC stop it if it has the guts," he said. "If China built a field hospital in 15 days, we did it in 18 days. We will tell people about our good work," Uddhav said. State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare said the matter had never come before him. The BJP hit back with an 'Aarop Patra' (charge sheet) against the Sena (UBT) released by Mumbai BJP president and MLA Ameet Satam. Alleging that the party had "siphoned off Rs.3 lakh crore over the past 25 years", Satam called it the biggest corruption scam in the country. Shiv Sena general secretary and former MP Rahul Shewale said the manifesto had only recycled old promises from the Sena (UBT)'s 2017 document.htc...