Thursday, December 15 2005 16:55 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: Dashing hopes of an amicable solution to the 19-day old crisis in Shiv Sena, rebel party leader Raj Thackeray today (Dec 15, 2005) said there was no change in his stance that he had made public during his resignation from all party posts on November 27.

Raj, who along with Sena Leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi, held discussion with Sena Chief Bal Thackeray at his Bandra residence 'Matoshree' for over an hour earlier in the day, said, "My stance is same as earlier."

Speaking to reporters at his Dadar residence, Raj, who had resigned from all party posts last month following differences with cousin Uddhav, however, did not elaborate what had transpired between him and his uncle at the meet.

He referred to Joshi as 'my well-wisher' and 'the well-wisher of the party'.

Earlier Joshi had held a series of meetings with Raj and his cousin Uddhav separately over the last few days to find a solution to the crisis in the party.

Raj, who had dashed a letter to Party supremo in last week of November expressing displeasure about cousin Uddhav's leadership and his functioning and his own marginalisation in the party, had also alleged that the party was being run by a 'coterie of petty clerks who know nothing about politics'.