Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
Amid the deepening rebellion within the Shiv Sena UBT, party chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday offered to step down from his position if party workers no longer had faith in his leadership, saying he was willing to hand over the reins to any worker if members felt he was no longer fit to lead.
Addressing party cadres at the Shiv Sena Foundation Day, Thackeray said he was prepared to make “anyone” the party chief and would not cling to the post. However, he asserted that he would not give up the fight for the party’s ideology.
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“I will not give up. But the day you feel I am not righteous for this position, I will leave,” Thackeray said.
He continued that some people expected the party to lose hope, but asserted that Shiv Sena (UBT) would continue its fight. Referring to Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, he said workers were asking for directions and recalled that Balasaheb had once instructed party members to take on those who betrayed the organisation.
“Some people must be thinking that we will lose hope. But we will not. Some people are saying that I should give orders. Balasaheb had given an order earlier (to break those who ditch us),” Thackeray said, referring to the six of the party’s nine Lok Sabha MPs who recently severed ties with the leadership and skipped a parliamentary party meeting.
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SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
