CORRUPTION-Misguided Solidarity

strident posture. Shiv Sena too has its own worries with the Supreme Court judgment in the petition against state chief minister Manohar Joshi due this month, In anticipation, the party's rising star and Bal Thackeray's son, Udhav Thackeray, has announced a prospective restructuring of the party and, unbelievably, Bal Thackeray has tendered an apology to the Supreme Court in the contempt of court case involving him. Thus, faced with its own problems, Shiv Sena is trying to make the most of the setbacks BJP has suffered.