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Shiv Sena took BJP from bottom to top in Maharashtra, says Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party saying that his party took BJP from the bottom to the top in Maharashtra.

Goa Assembly polls: Shiv Sena will contest 10-15 seats, says Sanjay Raut

The Shiv Sena will contest 10-15 seats in the next month's Goa Assembly elections, party leader Sanjay Raut said on Sunday

Sanjay Raut discusses Goa assembly poll strategy with Congress leaders

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday held discussions with Congress leaders on the strategy for Goa assembly polls.Taking to Twitter, Sanjay Raut tweeted, "In Goa today, discussions were held with the leading leaders of the Congress regarding the forthcoming Assembly elections. Dinesh Gundu Rao, Digambar Kamat and Girish Chodankar as well as my colleague Jeevan Kamat Jitesh Kamat were present. Is it possible to experiment with 'Mahavikas Aghadi' like Maharashtra in Goa? This was discussed."Goa Assembly has a strength of 40 members out of which BJP currently has 17 legislators and enjoys the support of legislators from Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), Vijay Sardesai of the Goa Forward Party (GFP), and three independents. GFP and MGP each have three MLAs. Congress, on the other hand, has 15 MLAs in the house.

Will replicate Maha's MVA alliance formula in Goa polls too: Sanjay Raut

Raut, who arrived in Goa for a four-day visit to the poll-bound state, also said that he would be speaking to the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party leaders in the state on Tuesday

PM Modi can't claim to be 'fakir' after Rs 12 cr car in his cavalcade: Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not call himself a 'fakir' now with the addition of a "Rs 12 crore" car in his cavalcade

Governor mandated to accept cabinet recommendations: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said it is mandatory for a governor to accept recommendations of the state cabinet

Raut hails Vajpayee, says 'Sabka saath, sabka vikas' slogan suits him

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday hailed former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, saying that he was the only leader after Jawaharlal Nehru who was appreciated by people across the country.

Due to our friendship, even Rahul Gandhi is talking of Hindutva: Raut

Sanjay Raut said despite all its efforts, it could not topple the three-party coalition Uddhav Thackeray government in Maharashtra which will complete its full term.

Sanjay Raut booked for alleged derogatory remarks against BJP members

Delhi Police have registered an FIR against Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut for his alleged abusive remarks against BJP members

Big challenge before Rahul, Priyanka to revive Cong: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have a big challenge before them of reviving their party. In his weekly column 'Rohkthok' in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana, Raut, whose party shares power with the Congress and NCP in Maharashtra, said the Gandhi siblings should take inspiration from Lokmanya Tilak, who had transformed the Congress into a weapon of political revolution. Raut, who is the executive editor of Saamana, met the two Congress leaders last week in New Delhi. He said during their meeting, Rahul Gandhi told him the system of creating and building leaders has stopped in the Congress and that the latter never disrespected senior party leaders. Raut quoted Gandhi as saying that he had requested senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad to take charge of the Congress' Jammu & Kashmir unit after his Rajya Sabha term expired, but the latter refused. "He can become the chief minister again after elections. But, he refused saying the

Death of Gen Rawat in crash has raised doubts in the minds of people: Raut

Raut said Gen Rawat had played a key role in formulating the nation's military response against China and Pakistan

No opposition front possible without Cong: Raut after meeting Rahul Gandhi

The two leaders also discussed about the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), which is led by the Congress

Mamata to meet Aaditya Thackeray, Sanjay Raut in Mumbai today

A meeting between Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Aaditya Thackeray and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will take place at Mumbai's Nariman point at 8 pm on Tuesday

Curfew in Amravati as violence erupts; Raut says ploy to destabilise MVA

In a veiled attack on opposition BJP, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday said the violence in Maharashtra's Amravati and other places is aimed at destabilising the MVA government. Speaking to reporters here on the Amravati violence wherein a mob hurled stones and damaged shops this morning during a bandh allegedly called by BJP, Raut said the state government is firm in the saddle and that the real faces of the perpetrators of violence will be exposed soon. The violence on Saturday occurred during the bandh (shutdown) against Friday's stone-pelting incidents during rallies held by Muslim organisations in various districts in protest against the Tripura communal violence. Hundreds of people, many of them holding saffron flags in their hands and raising slogans, came out on streets in the Rajkamal Chowk area of Amravati. Some members of the mob hurled stones at the shops and damaged them, prompting the police to lathicharge the protesters, an Amravati police official had said earli

Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut lashes out at BJP, asks whether UP is in Pakistan

Lashing out at the BJP government, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut questioned whether Uttar Pradesh is Pakistan as Indians are stopped from entering the state

If Bengal's TMC can contest in Goa, so can Maha's Shiv Sena: Raut

If Kolkata-based Trinamool Congress can contest elections in Goa, why shouldn't the Shiv Sena which is based in neighbouring Maharashtra, the party's Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said here on Wednesday.

ED notice a love letter for political workers, not death warrant: Raut

Taking a swipe at the Centre, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said a notice issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is not a "death warrant" but a "love letter" for political workers

Rane disrespected PM's directives on 'Jan Ashirvad Yatra': Sanjay Raut

Union minister Narayan Rane's 'egotist and revengeful attitude' has forced the BJP on backfoot, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said

Jan Ashirwad Yatra will invite third wave of Covid-19, says Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party for organising the Jan Ashirwad Yatra and claimed that it could invite the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic

Centre weakening four pillars of democracy: Raut on Pegasus row

Raut expressed surprise that the central government was not even paying heed to the Supreme Court's observation that the Pegasus case, if true, was a serious matter