News Mania Desk / Piyal Chatterjee / 30th November 2024
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut claimed on Saturday that the “unnatural” verdict in Maharashtra, which saw Mahayuti win huge in assembly polls, had delayed the selection of chief minister for the past eight days. Raut claimed that disputes in Mahayuti forced interim chief minister Eknath Shinde to travel to his village in Satara district during the government formation process.
Notably, a key Mahayuti meeting scheduled on Friday was put off as Shinde headed to his native village, delaying government formation a week after poll results.
“Eight days have passed since results were declared but Maharashtra has not been able to get a CM. The caretaker CM (Eknath Shinde) has gone to his village. Why is this happening?…The results are unnatural and against the wishes of people. There are agitations all over the state,” Raut said.
He claimed that a sharp increase in the number of votes cast in the last hours of voting was the “architect” of the Mahayuti’s triumph in Maharashtra and Haryana. “76 lakh votes were cast from 5 p.m. to 11.30 p.m. (on November 20 in Maharashtra).” What happened to the 76 lakh votes? Similarly, in Haryana, 14 lakh votes increased. This vote rise was the architect of Mahayuti’s victory,” Raut told reporters.
He stated that the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi was investigating the electoral results and the “technicalities” surrounding them. The Mahayuti won 230 out of 288 seats, with the BJP winning the most at 132, limiting the MVA, which included the Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress, and NCP (SP), to 46 seats.Raut stressed that the MVA is unified and denied claims of any divisions among the opposition following the poll results.
“No one in the Maha Vikas Aghadi is talking about contesting polls independently. There is a difference between Lok Sabha and state assembly polls. A right decision will be taken at an appropriate time,” he said when asked if Shiv Sena (UBT) will contest the upcoming local bodies’ polls solo.
Raut said Congress, NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray are engaged in a continuous dialogue.
