Maharashtra minister and BJP MLA Nitesh Rane on Sunday claimed key Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut is holding talks with a pacesetter in Delhi to hitch the Congress. Rane identified that Raut’s Rajya Sabha time period is coming to an finish and the Uddhav Thackeray-led celebration doesn’t have sufficient legislators to make sure his victory for an additional time period. The Shiv Sena (UBT) gained 20 seats within the 288-member Maharashtra meeting within the polls held in November.
“Raut ought to write in Saamana (mouthpiece of the Uddhav Thackeray-led celebration) about how lengthy he’s going to final within the Shiv Sena (UBT). He ought to write concerning the chief he’s talks with in Delhi to hitch the Congress. He also needs to make a press release on this concern,” Rane instructed reporters.
Raut couldn’t be contacted for feedback regardless of repeated makes an attempt. Rane’s feedback got here towards the backdrop of Raut claiming that the discord between Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his deputy and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde was affecting governance within the state.
In his weekly column Rokhthok within the Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece ‘Saamna’ on Sunday, Raut claimed the “strained relation” between Fadnavis and Shinde was hindering the state’s progress.
Raut claimed Shinde was but to come back to phrases with the truth that he was not reinstated as chief minister after the November 2024 meeting polls and was desperately attempting to regain the place, which Fadnavis totally understands. The Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress are allies.
