Updated On: 08 January, 2026 08:40 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The Shiv Sena (UBT) chief also claimed that separating Mumbai from Maharashtra is an “old dream” of the BJP. “Now they think that Balasaheb Thackeray is not there and they have finished off the Sena on paper. But they can`t do so on the ground,” he said

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray. File Pic
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said he had campaigned to make Narendra Modi the prime minister in 2014 and 2019, but accused the latter of trying to destroy his party.
“I am sad and angry that I campaigned for Modi ji in 2014 and 2019. Even after helping him twice, he broke my party,” Thackeray told PTI.