TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said his son taking a plunge into electoral politics does not mean he is retiring, and expressed confidence that a Sena worker would one day become the state’s chief minister.
In an interview to Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, he claimed his party put a check on the ‘Modi wave’ in the 2014 state assembly polls, but maintained there was no point in a discussion now on why they parted ways with the BJP at that time.
This time, the Sena is contesting on 124 out of the total 288 constituencies in alliance with the BJP, which has nominated candidates for 150 seats. Rest of the seats will be allotted to smaller allies from the BJP’s quota.
“One day, a Shiv Sainik would become the chief minister of Maharashtra, it is a promise I made to my father and Sena founder late Balasaheb,” Uddhav Thackeray said in the interview, a part of which was released on Monday.