Raj Thackeray's MNS to contest in Maharashtra assembly polls

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena is a nationalist far-right Indian political party based in the state of Maharashtra and operates on the motto of "Sons of the Soil".   Raj Shrikant Thackeray is an Indian politician, the under right-wing Marathi ethnocentric regional political party, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena ("Maharashtra Reformation Army") in the state of Maharashtra, India. He is the nephew of Bal Thackeray, and a cousin of Uddhav Thackeray, the current leader and chairperson of the Shiv Sena.