NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena’s 59th foundation day turned into a full-blown family feud on Thursday, with Uddhav Thackeray accusing the BJP of sabotaging a possible alliance with cousin Raj Thackeray’s MNS, and Eknath Shinde firing back with taunts of betrayal and hunger for power.Holding parallel rallies in Mumbai, both Sena factions invoked Bal Thackeray’s legacy, and tore into each other over who truly upholds it. While Shinde’s group gathered at the NSCI Dome in Worli, Uddhav’s faction chose the Shanmukhananda Hall in Sion.At the Sion rally, Uddhav quoted a fierce line from the 1991 film Prahaar to lash out at the Shinde camp. “Like Nana Patekar in the movie, I stand before the gaddars and say, ‘Come on, kill me!’” he said, before adding, “But come with an ambulance, like in Trishul, because you’ll need it.”He alleged the BJP was working overtime to block any unity between Marathi parties. “They’re holding hotel meetings to stop us. But if you try to destroy the Thackeray brand, we will destroy the BJP,” Uddhav thundered, referring to Raj Thackeray’s recent meeting with deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis.Uddhav also hit out at the BJP over Hindi imposition, calling it an attempt to divide voters before civic polls. “The BJP has no legacy of its own, so they built a giant statue of Sardar Patel, the man who banned the RSS,” he said.He tore into the Mahayuti manifesto, calling promises like Rs 2,100 to women and farm loan waivers a “fraud,” and accused the government of “gifting away” Mumbai’s Dharavi to the Adani Group.Shinde, responding at his Worli event, said Uddhav had no right to invoke Bal Thackeray. “You abandoned his ideology, tied up with the Congress and NCP, the same people Balasaheb fought all his life.”“You didn’t get even one-third of the votes we did,” Shinde said. “Your votes came from Congress. Real Shiv Sainiks have said goodbye to you.”He mocked Uddhav’s rally as a “gathering of thieves,” and questioned how Sena (UBT), born in 2022, could claim to celebrate 59 years of Shiv Sena.In a blistering attack, Shinde asked, “Why do you hesitate to call Balasaheb Hindu Hriday Samrat? Why do you ally with those who insult Savarkar and the Ram Mandir?” He even questioned Thackeray’s patriotism, saying, “Are you Indian or a Pakistani agent?”As the two rival Senas spar for control over Mumbai, and Marathi voters, Thursday made one thing clear: the legacy of Bal Thackeray remains the battleground, but the war is now personal.