The 1950s Backdrop To Thackerays' Gujarat Plot Charge Ahead Of BMC Polls

Tuesday, 13 January 2026Newsdesk

The Thackerays' political attacks have put the spotlight on the bifurcation of the erstwhile Bombay state into Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1960

New Delhi 13 January 2026

As per news report of NDTV,As the political temperature in Mumbai rises in the run-up to the election for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Thackeray brothers, who have reunited after two decades, have alleged a deep-rooted plot to strip Mumbai of its territory. They have said that the alleged threat to Mumbai's autonomy is now greater than it was during the Samyukta Maharashtra movement in the 1950s.

Source - NDTV