The squabbling cousins of Sena politics

Mumbai: Raj Thackeray's party may not have won a single seat this election but managed to throw the Shiv Sena out of its own bastion, Mumbai. The Sena-BJP lost every seat in the city after Raj Thackeray's party took a major chunk of the saffron vote. And now the war between the estranged cousins Raj and Uddhav is set to escalate.

"They hit us many times. We hit back twice, but we hit them hard," Raj Thackeray, Founder, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena was heard to say.

"The man who can hit the Shiv Sena has not been born and will never be born," put forth Uddhav Thackeray, working president, Shiv Sena.

Raj and Uddhav Thackeray are ready for another bout in the ring, after Raj Thackeray's party mauled the Shiv Sena in its own backyard, Mumbai in these elections.

The Shiv Sena-BJP lost all six seats in the city after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena cut into their votes.

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The Shiv Sena has 11 MPs and not a single one from Mumbai. The Sena has already started a campaign against Raj, declaring him a traitor for splitting the Marathi vote. Bal Thackeray has announced that he had cut off all ties with his nephew.

"We have fallen short in Mumbai but those who went against us they regret it," said Uddhav Thackeray.

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Losing Mumbai has been a huge blow to the Shiv Sena. And it will raise the stakes of the Raj versus Uddhav battle in the forthcoming assembly polls.