The mentor-protege equation of uncles with their nephews has slipped into unpleasant territory in the struggle for power in not just the NCP but also the Shiv Sena and the BJP.
Rich tributes were today paid to the former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Gopinath Munde on his second death anniversary on June 3
Alarmed by the increasing fatalities, the new government has begun a five-year project to cut road deaths by a fifth every year, part of the most ambitious overhaul of highway laws since independence in 1947.
4,119 candidates are in the electoral fray, including to 276 women in the state with 8.35 crore voters eligible to exercise their right to franchise.
Apart from meetings with the state BJP's core group and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, Modi attended a closed-door meeting with industrialists at a five-star hotel here yesterday
Munde had on Thursday also openly dared the Election Commission to act against him for his remark and sought state funding of elections to check use of black money.
Sources say Raj Thackeray is taking a different route from the procession, choosing to walk along with his supporters to the cremation venue. All leaves of police personnel have been reportedly cancelled.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said party chief Bal Thackeray was stable and doing well.