Bal Thackeray convenes emergency meeting

Shiv Sena Supremo Bal Thackeray has convened an emergency meeting of party leaders at his residence Matoshree in suburban Bandra, to discuss nephew and Sena leader Raj Thackeray's resignation from the party's executive committee and his outburst against the party leadership.

The meeting is expected to be attended by senior party leaders like Udhav Thackeray, Manohar Joshi, Wamanrao Mahadik and others, besides party MP and editor of Sena mouthpiece, Saamna, Sanjay Raut, who held discussions with Raj Thackeray this evening, party sources said.

The close-door meeting will be chaired by the Sena chief himself, the sources said.