The
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena is a
Maharashtrian Nationalist party based in
Maharashtra and operates on the motto of "Sons of the Soil". It was founded on 9 March 2006 in
Mumbai by
Raj Thackeray after he left the
Shiv Sena party due to differences with his paternal cousin
Uddhav Thackeray and to his sidelining by the
Shiv Sena in major decisions like distribution of election tickets.