Mumbai, March 5 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray supported the suspension of Samajwadi Party Maharashtra MLA Abu Azmi from the budget session, saying that the "suspension should be permanent."

"He should be permanently suspended. It should not just be for the Budget Session, the suspension should be permanent," Thackeray told reporters on Wednesday.

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief also reacted to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's 'X' post on Abu Azmi's suspension, saying that "Let him object if he wants to. The entire Maharashtra has raised an objection against him. If he wants, he should make him contest from there (UP). He does not know the truth."

Earlier, Akhilesh Yadav criticized the suspension of party leader Abu Azmi, allegi...