Uddhav Thackeray taunts PM, bats for Bhagwat as next President

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on 24 April  said that he had suggested Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supremo Mohan Bhagwat's name for the post of President of India.

Responding to a poser on Sharad Pawar's candidature for the top post, Thackeray took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president is his guru, adding it's difficult to guess what is in ones heart.

"Suggested Mohan Bhagwat's name, haven't discussed Sharad Pawar. Pawar is Modi's guru, can't say what's in one's heart," Thackeray said.

With President Pranab Mukherjee's term drawing to a close, there were reports that the Rashtriya Sawayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief was one of the contenders and Shiv Sena, through its mouthpiece Saamna, also threw its weight behind Bhagwat.

-ANI