Raj and Uddhav Thackeray are set to be interviewed jointly by Shiv Sena (UBT) Member of Parliament Sanjay Raut and filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar on January 6. A video of the same will be telecast ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election, scheduled for January 15.

Manjrekar’s podcast, featuring the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief, in 2025, was widely seen as a trigger in bringing the estranged cousins closer on a common political platform. During their interaction, Raj remarked that his political differences with Uddhav were “insignificant” when weighed against the larger interests of Maharashtra and the Marathi community. Uddhav later echoed this sentiment at a separate public event and claimed he, too, had no issues with burying the hatchet and coming together for the larger cause of Marathi pride.