Shiv Sena-BJP relationship like Aamir Khan-Kiran Rao, not India-Pakistan: Sanjay Raut

Raut said that while the Shiv Sena and BJP follow different 'political ways,' their friendship 'will remain intact'

A day after BJP’s stalwart and trouble-shooter Devendra Fadnavis seemed to extend an olive branch to Shiv Sena saying that they are “not enemies”, it was Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray’s Man Friday Sanjay Raut who likened the party's dynamics with the saffron party to Aamir Khan-Kiran Rao's relationship.

On Monday, Raut, the Shiv Sena chief spokesperson, known for his sense of humour, said, “We are not India-Pakistan. Look at Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, it is like them. Our (Shiv Sena and BJP) political ways are different but the friendship will remain intact”.

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Raut, was, however, quick to add that the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress tri-party alliance would last its full five-year term.

On Sunday, Fadnavis, stated, "Our friend (Shiv Sena) contested the 2019 (Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha) polls with us... After the Vidhan Sabha polls, they joined hands against whom (NCP and Congress) we contested the elections…we are not enemies…”

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Raut’s statement came on a day when the BJP clashed with the Maha Vikas Aghadi government during the Monsoon Session of the Maharashtra Legislature.

Last week, Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao, a celebrity couple, had announced separation but said – “…we would like to begin a new chapter in our lives — no longer as husband and wife, but as co-parents and family for each other”.