Quit after 65: Thackeray

Shiv Sena supremo wants politicians to retire after 65. "There should be nothing after 65. This is the democracy I dream of," the 80-yr-old said.

Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, himself now 80, wants politicians to retire after 65.

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Replying to a question asked by a journalist recently about aging politicians, Thackeray said that all though he had then replied that he was eyeing to be Prime Minister after turning 80, he actually feels that "politicians should retire when they turn 65."

"There should be nothing after 65, they should retire then, this is the kind of democracy, I dream of," the Sena chief said while addressing the annual general meeting of the Bhartiya Kaamgar Sena in suburban Bandra.

The Sena chief when asked by journalists recently to comment on aging politicians, had jokingly quipped that by posing such a question they were "hurting him".

"I am 70-plus and I am eyeing to be Prime Minister when I turn 80. As of now 80 years is a pre-requisite to be a Prime Minister," Thackeray had said then in a lighter vein.