India, Sept. 14 -- Prakash Mahajan, brother of deceased BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, quit the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Saturday. A senior leader of the Raj Thackeray-led MNS, Mahajan told the media, "I don't think the party needs me now."

According to MNS insiders, Mahajan was unhappy at being pulled up by the MNS leadership for engaging in a public spat with former chief minister Narayan Rane and his son, BJP minister Nitesh Rane.

The MNS has not reacted to Mahajan's exit from the party.

Based in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar, Mahajan had been with the MNS from its early years. Though he was not actively involved with the party's organisational machinery, he was a spokesperson of the MNS and used to effectively defend the party ...