Amid talks of him being the Shiv Sena’s contender for chief minister’s post, Yuva Sena president Aaditya Thackeray said on Friday it is the people who will have to decide whether he is ready for the top job or not. The 29-year-old chief of the Shiv Sena’s youth wing is on a mass outreach programme ahead of Assembly polls due in September-October. Shiv Sena’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut, who is accompanying Mr. Thackeray, had said on Thursday that the Yuva Sena leader would be chief minister if the post comes to Shiv Sena. The Shiv Sena currently shares power with the BJP at the Centre and in the State. What is in my hand is to fulfil the promises the Shiv Sena makes,” Mr. Thackeray told Marathi news channels here.

Source: The Hindu July 21, 2019 04:07 UTC