Raj Thackeray on Sunday made a strong pitch for Marathi unity, warning that the state`s language, land, and identity are under threat

In 2023, the Election Commission recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordered allocation of the `bow-and-arrow` poll symbol to it, delivering a big blow to the rival camp led by Uddhav Thackeray, whose father Bal Thackeray founded the outfit in 1966