Date:20/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/20/stories/2008072059410800.htm

National

Sena to vote against government

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena, with 12 Lok Sabha members, has decided to vote against the UPA government, setting at rest speculation to the contrary. The party will issue a whip on Sunday. Sena supremo Bal Thackeray told party MPs at a meeting here on Saturday that the UPA government had “failed” on all fronts and had to go.

Eleven of the 12 Sena MPs were present at the meeting convened by Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray.

Mr. Thackeray made a brief appearance and directed the MPs to vote against the government, party leaders Manohar Joshi and Anant Geete told journalists. — PTI