Mumbai: Everybody is free to take own
decision, Shiv Sena on Saturday said on reports that Smita Thackeray
was on way to joining Congress.
"I am not going to say anything on the issue. I will
continue doing my work," Sena executive president and Smita's
brother-in-law Uddhav Thackeray said.
Asked to comment on Smita's interview to a newspaper,
Uddhav said, "Let her decision, whatever it is, be announced,
then I will speak."
In the interview, Smita, Sena chief Bal Thackeray's
daughter-in-law, said she is upset with Sena and gave
indications that she is keeping her options open including
joining Congress.
"She is not involved in power struggle. She wants to move
forward in politics. But there was no good response from Shiv
Sena to her desire. It is not that she has left the Shiv Sena,
but her options are open," her son Rahul told reporters.
He was replying to questions on media reports that Smita,
estranged wife of Jaydev Thackeray, was all set to join
Congress, whose leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi she has
praised.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, November 28, 2009, 17:08