BJP's Rajiv Pratap Rudy on Shiv Sena's union minister Anant Geete's decision to quit the government. Rudy says: If Uddhav Thackeray wants Anant Geete to resign then it is their decision which seems natural to me, BJP made no such demand."

Geete, Shiv Sena's lone member in the Union Cabinet, will resign, party chief Uddhav Thackeray said today, four days after the split in the saffron alliance.

"After Prime Minister Narendra Modi returns from the US, Geete will go to him and submit his resignation," he said.

Sena sources said the party was also likely to quit NDA.

Uddhav's announcement followed estranged cousin and MNS chief Raj Thackeray riling him at a poll rally here yesterday for the Sena "sticking to" power in Delhi despite breaking up with BJP.

Raj had said that Uddhav should immediately ask Geete to resign as a mark of protest against the insult meted out to Shiv Sena.