TNI Bureau: After staying beside his brother Uddhav Thackeray when he was in hospital and sending a bouquet to him on his birthday, Raj Thackeray is getting closer to Shiv Sena every passing day.

Senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde gave more credence to such speculations by hinting at a possible BJP-Shiv Sena-MNS front in Maharashtra before the 2014 elections.

Munde claimed that people want these three parties with same or similar ideologies to join hands and fight the Congress-NCP alliance. Munde further said that it could become a reality very soon.