Mumbai: A day after attacking tennis star Sania Mirza for her proposed marriage to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, the Shiv Sena did a U-turn on the issue Saturday, terming it her "personal matter".
Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray told mediapersons here that the party`s views on Sania-Shoaib marriage were made clear in party mouthpiece Saamna Friday.
"Beyond that, we have no problems with Sania Mirza`s marriage with anybody. It`s a personal matter and she has right to make a choice of her life partner," Uddhav declared.
To a question whether Sania should not marry Shoaib, Uddhav replied: "How can I tell her that? We have no objections to her marrying anybody."
"Do you have any objections?" he countered to the journalist who had raised the question, even as gathering was in splits.
In an editorial in Saamna, the Shiv Sena had Friday lashed out at the proposed Sania-Shoaib marriage. It even advised her to "play for Pakistan" after her marriage.
IANS
