Senas attack each other on Bal Thackeray birth anniv

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said that he was ready to go solo in the coming local polls but would take a decision at the appropriate time.

- Saurabha Kulshreshtha and Yogesh Naik

MUMBAI: In an indication that he is unlikely to bury the hatchet with the BJP anytime soon, Thackeray came down heavily on union home minister Amit Shah, squarely blaming him for pulling down the MVA government. Thackeray was speaking at a function held in Andheri on Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray's birth anniversary.

In a rival celebration of the same occasion at BKC, deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde slammed Thackeray, saying one could not win solo elections by "sitting at home". Shinde, who is still unable to hide his disappointment at losing the chief minister's post, however, insisted that he did not have a hankering for any chair.

After the Sena (UBT)'s defeat in the recent assembly elections and a likely fresh defection of party leaders, Thackeray called upon his partymen to "prepare for revenge by defeating the traitors and their political masters".