“You Might Have Gained Bihar Polls…”: Sena’s Sanjay Raut Hits Out At BJP

Mumbai:

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed BJP leaders in Maharashtra had been opposing each transfer of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govt only for the sake of it.

In his weekly column ”Rokhthok” within the Sena mouthpiece ”Saamana”, Mr Raut, regarding the debate over reopening puts of worship within the state, mentioned those that hyperlink struggle towards COVID-19 to ”Hindutva” are “enemies” of the folks.

He additionally mentioned the release procedure in Delhi started too quickly, main to the current spike in COVID-19 instances there.

Blaming the Delhi govt’s “overconfidence” for the prevailing disaster, the Sena’s leader spokesperson apprehended every other lockdown within the nationwide capital.

“Markets, public puts and puts of worship will likely be closed down once more. Why did this occur, Maharashtra BJP leaders will have to suppose…they’re opposing each transfer of the MVA govt for the sake of it,” he mentioned.

The Rajya Sabha member additional mentioned BJP leaders staged protests over their call for for granting permission for the ”Chhath Puja” party in Maharashtra.

“You’ll have received the Bihar polls, however there is not any want to drag Mumbai’s Bihari inhabitants into the debate.

“Lakhs of other people collect on Mumbai’s beach and within the pandemic, that is unlawful,” he mentioned.

The BJP governments refused permission for Chhath Puja at public puts in Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, however the party calls for the similar in Maharashtra, he mentioned.

“The BJP desires to criticise each step of the state govt although it way other people lose their lives,” he alleged, and mentioned if the BJP feels there will have to be every other lockdown in Maharashtra, “it’s the state’s unhealthy success”.

Mr Raut additionally mentioned those that may just no longer give the ”Bharat Ratna” to Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar are making plans to rename Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNU) in Delhi.

“That is laughable…create your personal legacy as a substitute of renaming establishments in whose introduction you haven’t any function to play. This nation hasn”t been inbuilt final six years,” Mr Raut mentioned.