Uddhav Thackeray rejects Congress merger claims
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Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday rejected claims that his faction would merge with the Congress.
“If we didn’t merge with the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] despite being an ally for 30 years, how can we merge with the Congress?” Thackeray asked at the party’s 60th foundation day event in Mumbai. “I fear the Maharashtra BJP might merge with the Shinde Sena.”
“We have had severe political differences with the Congress, but it never tried to destroy the Shiv Sena like the BJP is doing,” he added.
Thackeray said that he was willing to resign as the party chief if the workers did not have faith in him. However, he said that he had not lost his resolve to fight.
The comments came amid speculation that six of the Uddhav Sena’s nine Lok Sabha MPs could join the rival faction led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
On Thursday, the six skipped a meeting of the Uddhav Sena’s parliamentary party. The meeting was attended by the other three MPs of the faction and its lone Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut.
On Friday, the party issued notices to the six MPs and gave them seven days to respond, failing which it may take disciplinary action.
The meeting was held a day after the Uddhav Sena alleged that...