Sanjay Raut dubs Devendra Fadnavis as 'villain' of Maharashtra Politics

The Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut launched a scathing attack on Maharashtras Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis labelled Fadnavis urge to relieve him from ministerial duties as a gimmick and blamed him for BJPs appauling performance in MaharashtraSpeaking about the Devendra Fadnavis resignation request Raut said This is all gimmick which is very common in politics Even Prime Minister Modi does the drama sometimes he laughs and in other moments he is sad Fadnavis is his student doing the same dramaAccording to reports from ANI Sanjay Raut blamed Devendra Fadnavis for the BJPs massive defeat in Maharashtra Speaking about it he said Devendra Fadnavis is the villain of Maharashtras politics and the public of the state has denied his leadership He is responsible for running the NDA National Democratic Alliance and the Bharatiya Janata Party in the stateHe added Maharashtra has always been the state advocating for clean and diplomatic politics but Fadnavis brought cheap tactics and a culture of deceit which is the reason behind their defeatFurther expressing his feelings on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath he said I have a major feeling that some people are trying to sideline Yogi Ji We have always respected Baba Ji but it is a matter of his partyIn reponse to questions about whether the RSS was looking to replace Nitin Gadkari with Ranjath Singh Raut repeated Wait and watch I wont say that the picture is yet not finished instead Ill say the picture has just been initiated and there are a lot of things that will take placeFurther when asked about possibilities of RSS supporting the future NDA government Raut asserted I dont feel RSS will support ModiShah government as they have been sidelining RSS since their ruleWhen asked about him sitting as opposition now Raut asserted This time public has mandated us to remove Modi Ji from the post of PM and establish INDIA alliances government We will take the necessary actions into this matter when well the right time has arrivedModi Jis government will not get reestablished and somehow if it happens then it wont last for long he further addedIn Maharashtra the INDIA alliance has secured a major 30 seats while the BJPled NDA alliance has only secured 17 seats in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024According to the reports from ANI he further claimed that the INDIA alliance can also form government in the centre upon arrival of right time The agency reports he also presented his views on the seatsharing arrangements of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in the upcoming assembly elections in MaharashtraDont you think Shiv Sena UBT has played a major role in the increase of Congress votes Not just Congress but also Sharad Pawars NCPSP said Raut addressing the media persons about the INDIA alliance and Maha Vikas Aghadi allianceThe increase in vote share of Congress and NCP SP was only possible due to the efforts of Shiv Sena UBT and Uddhav Thackeray Would anyone have got seats if Shiv Sena UBT and Uddhav Thackeray hadnt actively prepared and campaigned over the stateIn the Lok Sabha elections 2024 Supriya Sule of NCP Sharad Pawar faction emerged victorious from Baramati with a margin of 158333 votes by defeating Sunetra Pawar of the NCP Ajit Pawar faction Baramati is considered as Bastion of Pawar familyThere will be no dissonance in Maha Vikas Aghadi in terms of seat sharing in upcoming assembly elections and together we will work strongly to defeat Modi he addedRegarding Rahul Gandhis potential of becoming Prime Minister the Shiv Sena UBT leader remarked If Rahul Gandhi is ready to accept the leadership why would we object He has proven himself as a national leader for multiple times He is one of the popular leaders We all want him and love him In a press conference he continued There is no objection and difference in the allianceThe counting of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was held on Tuesday BJP won 240 seats much lower than its 2019 tally of 303 according to the Election Commission of IndiaThe Congress on the other hand marked a strong growth winning 99 seats Posing stiff competition and defying all the remarks the INDIA bloc crossed the 230 mark