A day after a local news channel reported that Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray and his estranged brother and MNS chief Raj Thackeray had met secretly, Sena MP Sanjay Raut termed the report false and said that rumours are being circulated to create a political stir.

Raut said in a release, “There are rumours that the Sena and the MNS presidents met for a political discussion on Friday. False information is being spread to create confusion. No such meeting has taken place between the two leaders.”