Raj Thackeray: I will contest Maharashtra assembly election

May 31, 2014 21:36

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray announced today at a rally in Mumbai that he will contest this year's Assembly polls.

In fact, Raj was willing to take greater responsibility by running for the Chief Minister's seat.

The MNS chief will be the first member of the Thackeray family to contest an election. Neither Shiv Sena patriarch late Balasaheb Thackeray nor his son and current Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray have ever contest election.

The MNS, which was expected to eat into Shiv Sena's vote bank, did badly in the national election, failing to win a single seat in Maharashtra. Many of its candidates even lost deposits in the "Modi wave".

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