In yet another son rise in the Thackeray family, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Thursday launched its chief Raj Thackeray’s son Amit Thackeray in active politics and declared his election as a leader of MNS.

Nearly ten years after late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray launched his grandson Aditya at a Dussehra rally, MNS’ senior leader Bala Nandgaonkar, a confidant of Raj, announced the launch of Amit Thackeray into active politics and declared that he had been elected as the party leader.

Amit’s mother Sharmila, wife Mitali, grandmother Kundatai and sister Urvashi were present along with him on the stage on the occasion. Raj was, however, not present on the stage on the occasion. The MNS chief was watching the proceedings from a nearby room, party sources said.

After Nandgaonkar declared Amit Thackeray’s election as the MNS leader, he was honoured on behalf of the party’s youth wing with a shawl and sword, amid thunderous applause from the party workers present on the occasion.

Born in Mumbai on May 24, 1992, 27-year-old Amit is popular among the MNS’ youth wing workers, through his posts on Facebook, Instagram and other social media.

Having graduated from Mumbai’s Ruparel College, Amit has completed his studies in architecture. Like his father Raj, Amit is also a good cartoonist.  He is football player.

On January 27 last year, Amit married Mitali Borude, a professional  fashioner designer . Amit’s wife Mitali and sister Urvashi are good friends. Together, they launched a cloth brand “The Rock” a few years ago.

The launch of Amit Thackeray into active politics brought back the memories of Aditya Thackeray’s initiation into politics at the hands of his grandfather Bal Thackeray. At the Dussehra rally held on October 17, 2010, Bal Thackeray launched the party’s youth wing and anointed as his grandson Aditya as its head.

In the run-up to the October 2019, Aditya took a plunge into electoral politics, contested the Assembly elections from Worli constituency and is now a Cabinet Minister in the Maharashtra Cabinet, headed by his father Uddhav.

The same thing happened in the case of Uddhav, who came into electoral politics only after he was sworn as the chief minister of Maharashtra a few months ago. He has not been elected either of the Houses of the Maharashtra Legislature so far, a requisite he has to comply within six months of his swearing in as the chief minister of the state.