Mumbai: Shiv Sena will take a decision on whether to withdraw from the NDA after holding discussion with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, its chief Uddhav Thackeray said on Tuesday. Uddhav, who had yesterday said Shiv Sena’s lone minister in the Union Cabinet Anant Geete would resign, admitted that quitting the alliance at the national level was “not easy”.
The Sena chief, under attack from his estranged cousin and MNS leader Raj Thackeray for “sticking to power” at the Centre despite the break-up in Maharashtra, had yesterday said Geete will hand over his resignation to Modi on his return from the US.
Geete, however, said he had not received any instruction to resign.
“This is false news as I have not been given any instruction so far. So, how does the question of my resignation arise,” the Heavy Industries Minister had said.
Maintaining that there was “no question of defiance” if such an instruction came from Uddhav, he said, “I am a staunch Shiv Sainik. I will obey whatever directive my leader gives.”
The 25-year-old alliance between the two pro-Hindutva parties ended last Thursday after collapse of seat-sharing talks for next month’s Assembly polls.
