New Delhi: The Supreme Court will resolve who will get the Shiv Sena title and image, mentioned Sanjay Raut, chief of the Uddhav Thackeray faction, on the eve of a serious Supreme Court listening to on the Sena cut up. Sanjay Raut additionally claimed {that a} 2,000 crore deal was struck to “purchase” the Sena title and image and that the whole scheme was devised to seize the Brihanmumbai Corporation, the nation’s richest native physique, within the subsequent municipal elections.
Alleging that the “Delhi people are scriptwriters,” he said that the folks in Maharashtra are “simply pawns”. Tomorrow, a five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court will hear the subsequent listening to on quite a few points referring to the Shiv Sena saga.
In an sudden determination on Friday, the Election Commission ended the months-long dispute for the Sena title and image in favor of the faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Uddhav Thackeray has appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, requesting an pressing listening to. The court docket, nevertheless, requested senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi to “Come tomorrow through proper process”.
According to the media reviews, Sanjay Raut mentioned, “the decision on this will happen at the Supreme Court and the SC had said that Election Commission should not take a decision as the matter is sub judice.”
“So why the decision was taken in a hurry? Who is behind this? A pre-decided programme was already made. What needs to be done when, when is the decision needs to be taken, what day the Governor needs to be changed, when will Amit Shah come… All this is a part of the script,” he added.
An aide of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday mentioned Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Sanjay Raut was doing “good work of destroying Uddhav Thackeray”.
Bharat Gogawale, chief whip of the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, additionally mentioned police circumstances had been being filed towards Raut for an alleged derogatory and inappropriate time period utilized by the latter whereas describing Shinde.
(With PTI inputs)
