Raj,Paigude share dais

Putting to rest speculations over differences between them,Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and general secretary Deepak Paigude on Wednesday shared the dais at the inauguration of the Lokseva Career Academy.

Despite a good show in the Lok Sabha elections,the party has been facing trouble from within of late,with two senior leaders — Prakash Mahajan,brother of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan,and Shweta Parulekar — joining the Shiv Sena. There was speculation that Paigude was also on loggerheads with the party leadership after he stayed away from the campaign for the party candidate during Lok Sabha elections.

The leaders even praised each other at the launch of the Lokseva Career Academy. “The Lokseva Pratishthan,a private sainik school,girls’ residential school,Lokseva Bazaar and Lokseva Kitchen were inaugurated by Raj Thackeray and all the initiatives are doing well,” Paigude said.

Thackeray said Paigude is hard-working and has been serving the public through social and political organisations.