MUMBAI: Uddhav Thackeray on Monday set at rest speculation that the Shiv Sena will stake a claim to deputy chief ministership for Aaditya Thackeray .“Aaditya has just entered politics. This doesn’t mean that he will become chief minister or deputy chief minister. One will have to wait. This is his first election. Just wait for some time,” Uddhav told Saamna in the first instalment of a three-part interview. Saamna executive editor Sanjay Raut, MP, helmed the Q&A session with the Sena president.Inquiries revealed that the BJP has made it clear to the Sena that Aaditya will not be given the deputy CM’s post as it is not in keeping with the party’s (BJP) principles of governance and administration. Aaditya is the Sena candidate from the Worli assembly constituency.In reply to a question, Thackeray said he will continue to make persistent efforts to instal a Sena chief minister in Mantralaya, sooner or later. “I have given a word to Balasaheb (Thackeray) that a Shiv Sainik will occupy the state’s CMship. I will not rest till I redeem my promise to my guru, my father, my leader,” he said.Thackeray’s vow was aimed at pacifying Shiv Sainiks who are said to be hurt by the BJP’s gameplan to impinge on Sena’s space by curtailing its tally of seats, said political analysts.A Sena chief minister in the current political scenario appears unlikely as the BJP, which is contesting 164 seats, is expected to gain an upper hand on the Sena when the number game sets into motion after the state assembly elections, they added. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah have backed Fadnavis for a second term as CM.Thackeray was at pains to explain to Saamna why the Sena had accepted fewer seats from BJP.“Both (chief minister) Devendra-ji (Fadnavis) and (Maharashtra BJP president) Chandrakanti-ji (Patil) told me that I should understand their party’s difficulty in the distribution of seats. Hence, I agreed to accept 124 seats,” said Thackeray.Claiming that the seat-sharing formula was not a climbdown for the Sena, Thackeray said, “Although the Sena’s final tally seems less, 124 will mark the beginning of a new trend for the party. The Sena, with less number of seats, will win far more seats.”Thackeray claimed that he had entered into a compromise with the BJP in the larger interest of Maharashtra. However, in the course of the interview, he added that he was keen on acquiring “satta” (power) for the Sena. “If I have power, then I can give something to Shiv Sainiks in the 164 constituencies where the BJP is contesting the assembly election,” he said.Uddhav recalled the late Balasaheb’s advice to him that one should remain calm when a storm hits the shore. “Amidst storm, I will deepen the Sena’s roots in Maharashtra when other political parties are being blown away,” he added, likening BJP’s widespread acceptance to a furious storm.