Mumbai, April 20 -- In a significant development that created a sensation in Maharashtra politics, the hither-to estranged Thackeray cousins - Uddhav and Raj - have dropped considerable hints about their sinking their differences and working together in the larger interests of the state.

More than 19 years after he quit the Shiv Sena headed by late Bal Thackeray and founded the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Raj Thackeray held out olive branch to his cousin and Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray - which the latter showed sure signs of accepting it.

Participating in a podcast by senior filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar, Raj said: "For me, the interest of Maharashtra is bigger and everything else is secondary before it. For that I can s...