Sanjay Raut's remarks come a day after state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh alleged that the Fadnavis dispensation misused government machinery to tap the phones of opposition leaders, especially during the formation of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.
Maharashtra claims Belgaum, part of the erstwhile Bombay Presidency but currently a district of Karnataka, on linguistic grounds.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut has said that those who oppose Veer Savarkar should spend time in Andaman jail to understand his contribution to the nation.
Mastan Mirza's biographical accounts claim that he was inspired by the ideals of Jayaprakash Narayan and was briefly jailed during the Emergency for opposing it tooth-and-nail
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday withdrew his controversial comments wherein he claimed that former prime minister Indira Gandhi met gangster Karim Lala in Mumbai.
"When Haji Mastan used to come to 'Mantralaya', the entire 'Mantralaya' would come down to see him. Indira Gandhi used to come to meet Karim Lala in Pydhonie (in south Mumbai)," Sanjay Raut had said. The statement by Raut on Karim Lala has now sparked a row.
Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed that former prime minister Indira Gandhi used to come to meet yesteryear don Karim Lala in Mumbai.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday said the new citizenship law would not be implemented in Maharashtra.
Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut has termed a book "Aaj ke Shivaji: Narendra Modi" written by a BJP leader comparing Shivaji Maharaj with PM Modi as an insult to Maharashtra and Marathi people.
Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion: Sanjay Raut was instrumental in the battle that saw Shiv Sena break its decades-old alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and forging a new one with NCP and the Congress. He hit national headlines in the immediate aftermath of Maharashtra poll results as he opened a front against the BJP.
Citizenship (Amendment) Bill was passed in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday (December 11) but Shiv Sena MPs were not present inside Rajya Sabha. Shiv Sena had supported the bill in Lok Sabha but had expressed reservations about offering support in Rajya Sabha.
Sanjay Raut slammed BJP during the debate on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in Rajya Sabha.
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday slammed government over the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill. He urged the government not to play vote-bank politics.
With the coming together of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, what has happened in Maharashtra is acceptable to the country as well, Raut claimed in his column 'Rokhthok' in the Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana'.
Goa BJP president Vinay Tendulkar on Friday likened Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut's statement calling for a political "miracle" in Goa, to "Mungerilal ke haseen sapne".
Fadnavis and Pawar had resigned from their posts after the Supreme Court ordered the floor test the next day. They were sworn-in as chief minister and deputy chief minister on Saturday morning. Their resignation paved the way for the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance to stake claim to form the next government with Uddhav Thackeray at its helm.
MLAs of the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress had gathered at a five-star hotel in Mumbai on Monday evening for a show of strength and administered an "oath of allegiance" hours after the three parties staked claim to power.
"Why has the Governor given the BJP such a long time (till November 30) to prove its majority? If he invites us, we can prove our strength in 10 minutes flat," Raut declared.
Shiv Sena senior leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday took a dig at BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis and NCP leader Ajit Pawar's early morning oath-taking ceremony by calling it 'Accidental Shapath Grahan' (accidental swearing-in). Raut's tweet comes hours before the Supreme Court hearing on the combine petition filed by the Shiv Sena, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party seeking quashing of the Maharashtra Governor's decision to swear-in BJP's Devendra Fadnavis as chief minister.
In a startling claim, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said that Ajit Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was "blackmailed" into joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra. He said Ajit Pawar might return to the NCP fold.
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