MUMBAI, Feb. 11 -- 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 engineered by Eknath Shinde but later was persuaded to continue. Sources said he rarely attended legislative council proceedings and usually remained in the House for only an hour or two. At present, the Sena (UBT) has a strength of 20 MLAs while it will require 29 MLAs to secure one MLC seat. Speaking to the media on Sunday, Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said the party would need the support of its of MVA allies of to ensure Thackeray's election to the legislative council. "Uddhavji has served as the CM and needs to return to the council for the sake of the state and the people. We want him to go back to the council," he said....