Condemn Sanjay Raut's sinister threat: MP to Uddhav Thackeray

Jethmalani termed it "a sinister threat from a man who has become a law unto himself in the state of Maharashtra. There was a need for it to be "strongly condemned by every right minded legislator in the country."

NewsBharati    24-Jun-2022 14:27:57 PM
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Mumbai, June 24: Rajya Sabha member Mahesh Jethmalani asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to condemn a statement by his party Shiv Sena's chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut that the Sena's rebel MLAs "will find it difficult to return and move around in Maharashtra".

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Senior lawyer Jethmalani is a nominated member of Upper House and was associated with the BJP until a few years ago.
Raut, also a Rajya Sabha MP, had made the statement earlier about the rebellion by the party's legislators led by Eknath Shinde. Responding to a question about whether Thackeray will remain CM or not, Raut said, "Let all the MLAs come to the floor of the House. We will see then. These MLAs who have left... they will find it difficult to return and move around in Maharashtra." The Sena has since softened its stance.
 
 
In his tweet about Raut's statement, Jethmalani termed it "a sinister threat from a man who has become a law unto himself in the state of Maharashtra". He said there was a need for it to be "strongly condemned by every right minded legislator in the country", particularly by Uddhav Thackeray and NCP chief Shard Pawar.
 
 
The Sena's ruling alliance in Maharashtra has NCP and Congress as partners.

Eknath Shinde, camping in Guwahati with around 40 MLAs, has demanded the Shiv Sena break the alliance because Sena leaders "suffered the most" in the last two-and-a-half years of the regime. Some of the rebels have said the Sena should tie up with "natural ally" BJP to form a new government.
 
 
Shiv Sena said it would consider exiting Maharashtra ruling alliance with NCP and Congress but only if the rebels returned "in 24 hours" .

"We are ready to walk out of MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) government in Maharashtra, but party rebels should return to Mumbai (from Guwahati) in 24 hours," Sanjay Raut said. Raut said the MLAs should "discuss the issue with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray" and added, "Don't write letters on Twitter and WhatsApp."