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I have not retired, says Thackeray

By Our Special Correspondent

MUMBAI March 5. The Shiv Sena Chief, Bal Thackeray, has clarified that he has not retired because "leadership never retires".

It was reckoned in political circles here that the Shiv Sena leader had taken a backseat or was about to call it a day, after his son Uddhav Thackeray became the party's executive president.

But Mr. Thackeray told his party mouthpiece, Samana, in a lengthy interview that he had not retired and that his health was all right. But he admitted that he did suffer from the effects of neglecting health earlier.

Mr. Thackeray has never made a secret of the fact that his control over the party has been total and undisputed and that he is the sole decision making authority in the Sena.

But he maintained that he was not even aware of the move to make his son the executive president at the party's conclave at Mahabaleshwar.

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