No issues if Raj keeps BJP, Sena at bay

There will be no "issues" obstructing estranged cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray from reuniting if the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief distances himself from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the Shiv Sena (UBT) said on Monday, days after the two leaders set political circles in Maharashtra abuzz with statements hinting that they could set "trivial issues" aside in the interests of the "Marathi manoos".

- Saurabha Kulshreshtha and Yogesh Naik

MUMBAI:

While Sena (UBT), in an editorial published in the party mouthpiece Saamana, said that the idea of the two estranged cousins joining hands has unsettled those working against Maharashtra's interests, MNS chief Raj, who is abroad, has asked party leaders not to comment on the issue till he returns home by the end of this month.

"There was no reason for the BJP, Shinde Sena to talk on this. These people started those so-called issues. So, there will be no issues if the BJP and Shinde Sena are kept at a distance," the Marathi daily said.