Nashik: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Friday took a jibe at the BJP, saying it not only wants to create a split in the party, but also completely destroy the regional organization to realize its dream of bifurcating Maharashtra into three parts. . He termed the newly formed Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government as “illegal”. Talking to reporters here in North Maharashtra, the Rajya Sabha MP hit out at the rebel Shiv Sena MLAs and said that they may return home, but Shiv Sainiks will ensure that they are not re-elected to the assembly whenever elections are held. .
The rebel Shiv Sena MLAs first reached Surat from Mumbai on June 21, then took a flight to Guwahati and stayed in Goa before returning to the state capital. Raut, Chief Spokesperson of Shiv SenaSaid that the rebel MLAs are turning to the cause of rebellion against the party leadership, an act that toppled the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government late last month.
“BJP doesn’t want to split Shiv Sena, but they want to destroy the party. As long as Shiv Sena is present, they can’t fulfill their dream of breaking Maharashtra into three pieces. They don’t want Mumbai (from Maharashtra till then) Can’t free the time Shiv Sena exists),” he insisted.
Raut criticized the rebel MLAs, saying they keep changing the reasons for revolting against the party leadership – from accusing the Shiv Sena of abandoning the Hindutva issue to the inaccessibility of then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, to the NCP (which was under the MVA government). Finance Department). Not allocating funds to their constituencies. The Shiv Sena MP termed the new government led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who took oath on June 30, as “illegal”. Raut asked how the Governor can order a trust vote at a time when the disqualification petitions of 16 Shiv Sena MLAs are pending in the Supreme Court. The Shinde-led government had won the trust vote in the Assembly on July 4.