Raut alleges Rs 2,000 crore deal to ‘buy’ Shiv Sena title, image; Shinde camp, BJP dismiss declare

By PTI

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed a “deal of Rs 2000 crore” has taken place up to now to “purchase” the Shiv Sena get together title and its ‘bow and arrow’ image, two days after the Election Commission allotted them to the group led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

Legislator Sada Sarvankar from the camp led by Shinde dismissed the declare and requested, “Is Sanjay Raut a cashier?” Maharashtra minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Sudhir Mungantiwar additionally hit again at Raut saying such baseless feedback had been an try and malign unbiased establishments just like the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of India.

Raut in a tweet claimed the Rs 2,000 crore was a preliminary determine, and that this was 100 per cent true.

He additionally informed reporters {that a} builder near the ruling dispensation shared this data with him.

The Rajya Sabha member mentioned his declare was backed by proof which he would disclose quickly.

The Election Commission on Friday recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the actual Shiv Sena and ordered allocation of the ‘bow and arrow’ ballot image to it.

In a 78-page order on the protracted battle for management of the organisation, the EC allowed the Uddhav Thackeray faction to maintain the “flaming torch” ballot image allotted to it until the completion of the Assembly bypolls within the state.

ALSO READ | Uddhav must rebuild his get together on anti-BJP plank

Raut on Sunday mentioned Rs 2,000 crore isn’t a small quantity to “purchase” the title Shiv Sena.

“The EC’s decision is a deal,” he alleged.

“I have reliable information that there has been a deal of Rs 2000 crore to get the Shiv Sena name and its symbol. This is a preliminary figure and is 100 per cent true. Many things will be revealed shortly. Never before this has happened in the country’s history,” Raut tweeted.

However, BJP chief Mungantiwar mentioned such feedback had been an try and malign unbiased establishments just like the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of India.

People will educate a lesson to those that make such feedback which disrespect democracy, he mentioned.

”Hope higher sense prevails,” he added.

Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar claimed individuals making such feedback have “either lost senses or gone mad.”

Meanwhile, to a query on Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s assault on former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray with “licking soles of those with opposite ideology” jibe, Raut requested, “What is the present chief minister licking? Maharashtra doesn’t give importance to what Shah says. The current chief minister has no right to take Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s name.”

मुझे यकीन है…
चुनाव चिन्ह और नाम हासिल करने के लिए अब तक 2000 करोड़ के सौदे और लेन-देन हो चुके हैं…
यह प्रारंभिक आंकड़ा है और 100 फीसदी सच है..
जल्द ही कई बातों का खुलासा होगा.. देश के इतिहास में ऐसा कभी नहीं हुआ था.@ECISVEEP @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/qokcT3LkBC

— Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) February 19, 2023

Shah on Saturday mentioned those that selected to “lick the soles” of individuals with reverse ideologies have discovered which aspect reality was on after the EC declared the faction headed by Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde as the actual Shiv Sena and gave it the ‘bow and arrow’ image.

Without naming Uddhav Thackeray, Shah additionally reiterated there was no settlement on sharing the chief minister’s publish within the run-up to the 2019 Assembly polls.

The Shiv Sena broke its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party after the outcomes of the 2019 Assembly polls had been declared, claiming the latter had reneged on a promise to share the CM’s publish with it.

Uddhav Thackeray subsequently teamed up with the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress to steer the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), until it fell in June final yr after Shinde rebelled.

WEB SCRAWL | Shiv Sena in Shinde’s pocket, Uddhav left empty-handed

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed a “deal of Rs 2000 crore” has taken place up to now to “purchase” the Shiv Sena get together title and its ‘bow and arrow’ image, two days after the Election Commission allotted them to the group led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

Legislator Sada Sarvankar from the camp led by Shinde dismissed the declare and requested, “Is Sanjay Raut a cashier?” Maharashtra minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Sudhir Mungantiwar additionally hit again at Raut saying such baseless feedback had been an try and malign unbiased establishments just like the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of India.

Raut in a tweet claimed the Rs 2,000 crore was a preliminary determine, and that this was 100 per cent true.

He additionally informed reporters {that a} builder near the ruling dispensation shared this data with him.

The Rajya Sabha member mentioned his declare was backed by proof which he would disclose quickly.

The Election Commission on Friday recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the actual Shiv Sena and ordered allocation of the ‘bow and arrow’ ballot image to it.

In a 78-page order on the protracted battle for management of the organisation, the EC allowed the Uddhav Thackeray faction to maintain the “flaming torch” ballot image allotted to it until the completion of the Assembly bypolls within the state.

ALSO READ | Uddhav must rebuild his get together on anti-BJP plank

Raut on Sunday mentioned Rs 2,000 crore isn’t a small quantity to “purchase” the title Shiv Sena.

“The EC’s decision is a deal,” he alleged.

“I have reliable information that there has been a deal of Rs 2000 crore to get the Shiv Sena name and its symbol. This is a preliminary figure and is 100 per cent true. Many things will be revealed shortly. Never before this has happened in the country’s history,” Raut tweeted.

However, BJP chief Mungantiwar mentioned such feedback had been an try and malign unbiased establishments just like the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of India.

People will educate a lesson to those that make such feedback which disrespect democracy, he mentioned.

”Hope higher sense prevails,” he added.

Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar claimed individuals making such feedback have “either lost senses or gone mad.”

Meanwhile, to a query on Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s assault on former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray with “licking soles of those with opposite ideology” jibe, Raut requested, “What is the present chief minister licking? Maharashtra doesn’t give importance to what Shah says. The current chief minister has no right to take Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s name.”

मुझे यकीन है…
चुनाव चिन्ह और नाम हासिल करने के लिए अब तक 2000 करोड़ के सौदे और लेन-देन हो चुके हैं…
यह प्रारंभिक आंकड़ा है और 100 फीसदी सच है..
जल्द ही कई बातों का खुलासा होगा.. देश के इतिहास में ऐसा कभी नहीं हुआ था.@ECISVEEP @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/qokcT3LkBC
— Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) February 19, 2023
Shah on Saturday mentioned those that selected to “lick the soles” of individuals with reverse ideologies have discovered which aspect reality was on after the EC declared the faction headed by Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde as the actual Shiv Sena and gave it the ‘bow and arrow’ image.

Without naming Uddhav Thackeray, Shah additionally reiterated there was no settlement on sharing the chief minister’s publish within the run-up to the 2019 Assembly polls.

The Shiv Sena broke its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party after the outcomes of the 2019 Assembly polls had been declared, claiming the latter had reneged on a promise to share the CM’s publish with it.

Uddhav Thackeray subsequently teamed up with the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress to steer the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), until it fell in June final yr after Shinde rebelled.

WEB SCRAWL | Shiv Sena in Shinde’s pocket, Uddhav left empty-handed