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Police detain workers of the party led by his estranged cousin Raj Tjackeray.
If an alliance is sealed, the MNS may get a seat in Mumbai where Raj's cousin Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction enjoys considerable influence.
MNS Cinema Wing president Ameya Khopkar also targeted popular singer Arijit Singh, who is reportedly standing in support of Aslam.
The Congress-NCP combine received a severe drubbing in Maharashtra in the recent general elections, bagging just five of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Raj is not contesting the Lok Sabha elections this time, neither has he entered into an alliance with Congress-NCP.
Raj remains in high demand, both from the NCP, Congress and their alliance candidates, to counter the combined might of the BJP’s star campaigners led by the Modi-Amit Shah-Fadnavis trio.