A day after he said Union Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Anant Geete will resign from the Centre, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray did an about-turn and said the Sena had no immediate plans of quitting the Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). “Joining the NDA and then pulling out is not that easy. All MPs who have been elected and those who could not win have bagged votes of both the Shiv Sena and the BJP. It is the people’s mandate. A decision will be taken after discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and considering what our supporters feel,” he said. Uddhav was speaking at an impromptu press conference called after senior RPI leader Arjun Dangle was expelled from his party for voicing his support for the Shiv Sena. The Sena president on Monday had said that Anant Geete, his representative in the Union government, would resign as soon as Modi returned from the US. “After Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns, Geete will go to him and submit his resignation,” he had said.
