Amidst NCP Split, Sanjay Raut Says Maharashtra CM May Change In Coming Days

Mumbai: Uddhav Thackeray faction chief Sanjay Raut on Wednesday mentioned that Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde could also be changed within the coming days within the wake of NCP chief Ajit Pawar and eight different MLAs becoming a member of the National Democratic Alliance authorities. “The chief minister of Maharashtra may be changed in the coming days,” he informed ANI. Taking potshots on the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis Government, he mentioned there are two Deputy CMs and even the Chief Minister will not be full however “doubtful”.

“There is a phrase. One full and two half,” he mentioned in a lighter vein. “We have here two halves. We have here two Deputy Chief Ministers, they are half. And we have one full Chief Minister but he is not full, he is doubtful,” Raut mentioned. He added that the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis authorities didn’t want NCP as that they had the bulk.

Raut additionally blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for resorting to the coverage of “divide and rule” and engineering a break up within the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) now and within the Shiv Sena final yr in Maharashtra.

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Seeking to make mild of the NCP chief Ajit Pawar breaking away from the Sharad Pawar-led social gathering, he mentioned the Opposition Maha Vikas Agahdi (MVA) will nonetheless go forward strongly within the state. 

Raut, a bitter critic of the BJP, mentioned Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray spoke to the senior Pawar over the telephone, whereas Congress leaders met him on Tuesday to precise their help after the break up in his social gathering. 

Delhi’s Sultan Enjoying The Political Game: Raut

He mentioned ‘Delhi’s Sultan’, a reference to the BJP, is having fun with the political recreation in Maharashtra, whereas Marathas, probably the most dominant social group within the state, are combating amongst themselves, alluding to upheaval within the Shiv Sena final yr and within the NCP now.

‘Divide and rule is the BJP’s coverage. They engineered a break up within the Shiv Sena and a celebration, which was like a household, was pitted towards one another. Ajit Pawar has been pitted towards Sharad Pawar. Divide and rule was a British coverage,” Raut mentioned. 

Sharad Pawar Is A Confident Politician: Raut

Answering a question referring to the NCP break up, Raut mentioned Sharad Pawar is a assured politician. NCP suffered a break up on Sunday with Ajit Pawar becoming a member of the Eknath Shinde-BJP authorities together with eight different MLAs. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Sharad Pawar has moved a disqualification petition towards the 9 MLAs to Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar.

Ajit Pawar and Chhagan Bhujbal together with Dilip Patil, Hasan Mushrif, Dhananjay Mundo, Dharmaraobaba Atram, Aditi Tatkare, Sanjay Bansode and Anil Patil joined Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis Maharashtra authorities on Sunday.