Sanjay Raut: MVA is Maharashtra's political future; no room for Sena-BJP reunion

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday asserted that the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA is the political future of Maharashtra and there is no truth in speculations about an under the table deal for a reunion of the BJP and SenaIn his weekly column Rokhthok in the party mouthpiece Saamana Raut said state Chief Minister and Sena president Uddhav Thackeray in his address to Shiv Sainiks on January 23 had turned the tables on the BJP which was criticising him over his illnessThackeray who underwent a cervical spine surgery a couple of months back had hit out at the BJP over its hypocrisy double standards on Hindutva and elaborated on how the Shiv Sena had rotted in alliance with the BJP he saidThe message from his speech was that the Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising the Shiv Sena NCP and Congress is the political future of Maharashtra and there is no truth in speculations that there was an under the table deal happening between the Shiv Sena and BJP and they could get back together Raut saidThackerays speech and BJP leader Devendra Fadnaviss response to it have made the states politics clear and there is no room for confusion he saidNotably Fadnavis had claimed the Shiv Sena grew politically when it was in alliance with the BJPThere is no possibility of a Shiv SenaBJP reunion after Fadnaviss response said Raut who is the executive editor of SaamanaThe MVA is here to stay and the BJP will have to spend next many years around the Raj Bhavan the Rajya Sabha member claimed in sarcastic comments apparently referring to the BJP approaching the governor over various issues pertaining to the stateThe Shiv Sena had snapped ties with the BJP after the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls over the issue of sharing the chief ministerial post The Thackerayled party later forged an alliance with the NCP and Congress to form government in the stateRaut also said the recent nagar panchayat election results in Maharashtra should act as a guideline to both the ruling MVA and the opposition BJP in the stateThe BJP did get more seats but the MVA parties collectively were ahead of the BJP This shows that whenever the state Assembly elections are held the MVAs majority of 170 seats out of total 288 seats in the House will continue to stay he saidThis is the mindset of Maharashtra the Shiv Senas chief spokesperson saidHe claimed there is a wall of businessmen around Prime Minister Narendra ModiModi has transformed Indian politics into an event and given it a festive character No one in the world has done this Raut said targeting the PMHitting out at former CM Fadnavis for claiming that the Shiv Sena grew politically because of the BJP Raut said the Sena was formed in 1966 and the BJP in 1980More than the year of birth what is important is what one has achieved The BJPs earlier avatar Jana Sangh never participated in the Sanyukta Maharashtra movement Fadnavis went to Belgaum recently calling for the defeat of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti which is fighting for the rights of Marathi people he saidEarlier BJP leaders like Gopinath Munde Pramod Mahajan and Eknath Khadse never behaved in such a mannerNitin Gadkari senior BJP leader and Union minister is a supporter of the Vidarbha state but he has never gone to Belgaum to campaign against Marathi organisations Raut addedMaharashtra and Karnataka are locked in a dispute over some bordering areas including Belgaum in the neighbouring state where there is a sizable Marathispeaking populationThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever