Sanjay Raut stated his assembly with Devendra Fadnavis was for an interview for Sena mouthpiece “Saamana”
New Delhi:
A gathering between former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP and Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut on Saturday has set off an enormous buzz, although either side have denied it was something political.
The assembly at a luxurious lodge within the western suburbs of Mumbai has raised eyebrows at a time each leaders have sparred bitterly in public over a spread of points, the newest being the Sushant Singh Rajput case and the demolition at actor Kangana Ranaut’s workplace.
Sanjay Raut, confirming the assembly, stated it was for an interview for the Shiv Sena mouthpiece “Saamana” — which he’s accountable for – and that Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was conscious of it.
“Devendra Fadnavis shouldn’t be our enemy. We have now labored with him. I met Fadnavis for his interview for Saamna. This was a pre-decided assembly. Even Uddhav Thackeray was conscious of this,” Mr Raut advised reporters.
“Is it a criminal offense to fulfill Fadnavis, who’s a former chief minister and now the Opposition chief within the state Meeting? We have now ideological variations however we’re not enemies,” he added.
Mr Raut stated he had interviewed NCP chief Sharad Pawar and had additionally introduced interviews with Devendra Fadnavis, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and House Minister Amit Shah.
Maharashtra BJP chief spokesperson Keshav Upadhye additionally posted on social media that there was no political angle to the assembly. “Raut wished to interview Fadnavis for (the Sena mouthpiece) Saamana and this assembly was to debate the way to go about it,” he tweeted.
“Fadnavis knowledgeable Raut that he would grant him the interview after coming back from the Bihar ballot marketing campaign,” Mr Upadhye stated.
माजी मुख्यमंत्री @Dev_Fadnavis आणि शिवसेना नेते @rautsanjay61 यांची भेट झाली आहे. संजय राऊत यांनी सामनासाठी देवेंद्र फडणवीस यांची मुलाखत घेण्याची इच्छा प्रदर्शित केली होती. त्यावर या मुलाखतीसाठी एकदा भेटण्याचे ठरले होते. ती संपूर्ण मुलाखत अनएडिटेड जावी…1
— Keshav Upadhye (@keshavupadhye) September 26, 2020
अशी देवेंद्र फडणवीस यांची
इच्छा असल्याने एकदा भेटून प्रारूप ठरविण्यासाठी ही भेट झाली. बिहार निवडणुकीतून परतल्यानंतर ही मुलाखत देण्याचे देवेंद्र फडणवीस यांनी त्यांना सांगितले आहे. या भेटीला कुठलाही राजकीय संदर्भ नाही.— Keshav Upadhye (@keshavupadhye) September 26, 2020
When long-time allies BJP and Shiv Sena broke up over power-sharing after the Maharashtra election final yr, Mr Raut led the assault towards the BJP, particularly Devendra Fadnavis. Their two-hour assembly on Saturday is the primary since their acrimonious break up.
The 2 events contested the state election as allies however fell out over the way to kind authorities collectively, with the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena insisting on a greater share in ministries. The Sena lastly broke off ties with the BJP and shaped a authorities with rivals NCP (Nationalist Congress Celebration) of Sharad Pawar and the Congress.
The BJP stated Mr Raut had requested to fulfill Mr Fadnavis. “Fadnavis wished the interview to be revealed unedited and each met to debate the framework,” stated BJP chief Pravin Darekar.
Former state BJP minister Sudhir Mungantiwar dismissed hypothesis concerning the Sena and the BJP exploring a patch-up. “Any such resolution of presidency formation has not been mentioned within the state core committee, therefore the potential of becoming a member of fingers with Shiv Sena to kind a authorities in Maharashtra is out of query,” stated Mr Mungantiwar, based on PTI.
He stated BJP employees had been upset when Mr Fadnavis took oath with NCP chief Ajit Pawar in an abortive try and kind authorities earlier than resigning 4 days later after Mr Pawar did not win over sufficient MLAs.
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