Raj Thackeray drives to Matoshree to greet Uddhav on his birthday

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday (July 27, 2025) met his cousin and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray to wish him on the latter’s 65th birthday.

Raj Thackeray drove from his residence Shivteerth in Dadar to Matoshree, Uddhav’s residence in Bandra.

Flanked by his party MP Sanjay Raut, Uddhav received his cousin at the entrance of the Matoshree bungalow, one of the most recognised landmarks in Mumbai.

Raj presented a large bouquet of red roses to his cousin.

At his joint rally with Raj in Mumbai on July 5, Uddhav Thackeray had said he and the MNS chief have “come together to stay together”.

At the “victory” rally, held to celebrate the rollback of the Hindi language GRs (resolutions) by the BJP-led government, the cousins shared a political stage for the first time in almost two decades, on the issue of Marathi identity and “imposition” of the Hindi language.