This reply has cleared the way for the Thcakeray-led Shiv Sena to stake its claim to the post of Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra legislative assembly.
Criticising PM Modi, Raut said, “There is talk about respect, honour and dignity, but all this is just show business and pretense.
Rajan Salvi was defeated in the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections and lost to Eknath Shinde-led MLA Kiran Samant, from Rajapur assembly constituency in the coastal Konkan region.
Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday demanded Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, for party founder late Bal Keshav Thackeray, popularly known as Balasaheb Thackeray.
Shiv Sena (UBT) has unilaterally announced that the party will go solo in the upcoming nagar panchayat, nagar parishad, zilla parishad and municipal corporation elections. Party MP Sanjay Raut announced this here on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters in Mumbai on Sunday, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut questioned the delay in government formation despite the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance securing a huge majority.
Union Health Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda on Wednesday accused Congress of promoting urban Naxal forces in the country and claimed that Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has allied with them.
Sanjay Raut claimed that around 200 Force One commandos were in Nagpur for the protection of Fadnavis.
“This seems to be an international conspiracy and Aaditya Thackeray seems to have become the spokesperson of Urban Naxal,” he alleged.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader expressed doubts about receiving a fair judgment in the Sena vs Sena case.
