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Mumbai: The Shiv Sena leaders seem to have formulated
a proposal in yet another attempt to resolve the ongoing
battle between the two Thackeray cousins, Uddhav and
Raj. As per the offer, both Uddhav and Raj will be given
an equal executive and managerial share in the party
with separate marked areas to avoid disagreements.
Senior Sena leaders like Pramod Navalkar, Madhur Sarpotdar
and Manohar Joshi presented the new blueprint to Raj
Thackeray at his Shivaji Park residence, Krishna Bhuvan.
The leaders are believed to have insisted upon Raj Thackeray
to contemplate the terms of the offer. While both Navalkar
and Joshi told the reporters that a formula had been
worked out, neither granted further details of the meeting
with the estranged Thackeray. They, however, asserted
that the matter would be resolved amicably.
It is believed that Raj Thackeray has quite approved
the new proposal “in principle”. But with
Uddhav Thackeray seeking an unconditional apology for
the comments Raj has made against him in public, the
proposal may face a hold-up. Raj had resigned from all
posts he held in the party on November 27 attacking
Uddhav's approach towards issues and charging that the
party was being run by a ''coterie of clerks''. He has
maintained a low profile ever since and not yet announced
his upcoming action.
Sources close to Raj, however, deem this division of
power as the right prospect, above the idea of floating
a new party. The Sena leaders too feel that an agreeable
solution to this family feud would only reassure the
average Sainik and work in favour of the saffron organization.
Ever since Raj’s walk out from the Sena became
public, skepticism and doubt have been encircling the
Sena’s future. So much so, that Uddhav’s
efforts to make things seem normal have been accepted
with a bit of cynicism in most quarters.
Uddhav and Raj are, however, yet to respond to the reconciliation
efforts undertaken by the Sena leaders.
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