Even as he said that his party's alliance with the BJP should be declared in a day or two, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray vowed to install his party's Chief Minister some day in future. He told party workers in Mumbai on Saturday that making a Sena CM was a promise he had given to his father, and party founder Bal Thackeray.

"I want power [for Sena] in the coming elections. I tell you all [party ticket] aspirants that I will install a [Shiv] Sainik as state's CM. I had promised the Sena pramukh [founder] and I have vowed to fulfill the promise," he said at a packed Rang Sharada auditorium in Bandra.