Ever since the BJP-led NDA came to power at the Centre, the high-profile journalist-politician, Sanjay Raut, who is part of Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray’s inner circle, has become one of the most vocal critics of the national saffron party.
Amid the BJP vs Maha Vikas Aghadi clash over the Enforcement Directorate's detention of Sanjay Raut, Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar said only the Shiv Sena leader would be able to tell more as to why he was being targeted.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed that he was not involved in any scam and that the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) action against him was based on false evidence. He said will die, but will neither surrender nor quit the Shiv Sena.
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Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday appointed Kedar Dighe, nephew of Sena stalwart the late Anand Dighe, as the party's Thane district chief. Thane is the home turf of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde who heads the rebel camp of Sena MLAs.
Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, Ajit Pawar, on Sunday wondered why the Enforcement Directorate (ED) repeatedly wants to investigate Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut.
"Many people got notices from the Income Tax, ED, and the Central Bureau of Investigation. Only Raut will be able to tell why the probe agency (ED) wants to investigate him repeatedly," Pawar, touring flood-affected areas in Maharashtra, told reporters.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Sunday slammed petitions filed by the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction in the Supreme Court and called for getting them dismissed.
Shinde said accepting the Uddhav-led faction's arguments would essentially amount to"A minority tyranny within the House; anti-democratic and minority Government to continue illegally in office; a Chief Minister, who has lost the confidence of his own party to continue in the office."
The Uddhav-led faction's petitions had challenged thedecision of the Governor to swear-in Eknath Shinde as the CM, the election of Rahul Narvekar as the Speaker, the recognition of Bharat Gogawale (appointed by Shinde group as the chief whip of Shiv Sena) and against the disqualification proceedings initiated by the newly elected Speaker against the MLAs of Uddhav group for voting in alleged violation of the whip.
Shiv Sena MP from Thane, Rajan Vichare, and late Anand Dighe's nephew Kedar Dighe meet Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree in Mumbai.
The Governor himself says that if Gujaratis & Rajasthanis leave Maharashtra, we would lose the financial capital. Going by that, who are the wealthy ones? And who (Sanjay Raut) is facing a raid? So, who is behind it? The BJP: Arvind Sawant, Shiv Sena MP
The investigation is underway. If he hasn't done anything wrong, why is he scared? He was a big MVA leader. Just because one's scared of the ED, one shouldn't come to our party: Maha CM Eknath Shinde on raids on Sanjay Raut
I am happy that Mumbai Police has agreed to Register FIR in Sanjay Raut Audio CD, Threat Letter Case. Also, Police have now provided protection to Swapna Patker: Kirit Somaiya
With the investigations of high-profile Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut by the Enforcement Directorate, the Rs 1,034-crore Patra Chawl land scam case has once again come to the fore.
The ED reaching Sanjay Raut's house paints a picture of the crumbling state of democracy. BJP wants to shut down the voice of the opposition completely. ED is not an investigative system but a noise suppression weapon. When you go to BJP, you get protection from this weapon: Sachin Sawant
"...False action, false evidence...I will not leave Shiv Sena...Even if I die, I will not surrender...I have nothing to do with any scam," tweets Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut
Three teams of the Enforcement Directorate are carrying out searches at various locations including Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut's residence in Mumbai
Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials reached Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut's residence on Sunday morning and are carrying out a search.