More trouble in the Sena

These are clearly bad times for the Shiv Sena [ Images ].

Coming close on the heals of an embarrassing pasting at the hands of former Sena strongman Narayan Rane [ Images ] in the Malwan by-polls, the Sena suffered another setback on Sunday as party executive president Raj Thackeray [ Images ] quit the post.

Raj's move is seen as the result of a fallout with cousin Udhav.

Earlier, Raj had sent a letter to Sena chief Bal Thackeray [ Images ] expressing unhappiness at Uddhav's 'style of functioning'.

A large number of workers of Bharatiya Vidyarthi Sena -- Shiv Sena's student wing which mostly has Raj's supporters -- gathered at his Dadar residence on Sunday to express solidarity.

Photgraph: Arun Patil