Stay within limits: Ashish Shelar hits back at Sanjay Raut amid Sena symbol row

The BJPs Mumbai chief Ashish Shelar on Sunday warned Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Sanjay Raut to stay within limits saying he had never fought or won any election in his lifeShelars remark was in response to Rauts statement that Union Home Minister Amit Shah is never taken seriouslyWhatever Home Minister Amit Shah says is seldom taken seriously What can we say about people who believe in purchasing justice and truth As to who won or lost Maharashtra will be known to the people in due course Well not say anything now Raut said on Sunday after the Union Home minister attended an event in Pune which was held to celebrate the Election Commissions decision to award the Shiv Senas signature bow and arrow symbol to the ruling Eknath Shinde factionHitting back at Raut the BJPs Mumbai chief said Sanjay Raut should stay within his limits He never fought or won an election in his lifeAlso lashing out at former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray for calling the EC a slave of the BJP Shelar said the chief of the rival Shiv Sena faction was frustrated and distressed over losing his claim to the partys symbolAlso Read BJPShinde combine will win more than 150 seats in BMC polls Ashish ShelarWhen a person Uddhav Thackeray is frustrated or depressed he can say anything He has clearly lost sense He sacrificed the founding ideals of the Shiv Sena and Hindutva at the altar of politics said the BJPs Mumbai chiefEarlier Raut alleged behindthescenes transactions worth Rs 2000 crore paving the way for the Eknath Shinde faction to get the partys name and bow and arrow symbolRauts remark came days after the poll panel awarded the party name Shiv Sena and the symbol to the faction led by the Maharashtra CMClaiming that the Uddhav faction was unfairly stripped off the Senas symbol and name Raut said funds worth Rs 2000 crore changed hands over a period of six months eventually resulting in the EC awarding the Sena name and symbol to the Shinde factionThe way our party name and symbol were taken away from us was unfair and unjust It was a business deal as part of which an amount of Rs 2000 crore changed hands over six months And this is my only initial estimate the Rajya Sabha MP saidHe added that his claim of a bigmoney transaction going down ahead of the ECs ruling was 100 per cent true as he had proof which would he would disclose laterI believe deals were struck and transactions worth Rs 2000 crores made for the eventual allotment of the Shiv Senas name and symbol This is only a preliminary estimate and it is 100 per cent true Soon many more facts will be revealed This had never happened in the history of the country Raut tweeted earlierThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever