In a setback to the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Tuesday resigned from the state cabinet and three other MLAs announced that they were leaving the party. (File photo/News 18 Hindi)
Sanjay Raut also said that he wants to tell the people of Goa, where elections are to be held on February 14 for the 40-member assembly, not to fall prey to monetary inducements.
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Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed that political change is imminent in Uttar Pradesh and the recent move by a state minister and some other BJP MLAs to quit the saffron party was just the beginning. Talking to reporters here, Raut also said that he wants to inform the people of Goa, where the voting for the 40-member assembly is to be held on February 14, so that they do not fall into the greed of money and that the Shiv Sena will take any such step. will stand against. by the BJP in the coastal state
In a setback to the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya on Tuesday resigned from the state cabinet and three other MLAs announced that they were leaving the party. “This is just the beginning and politics in Uttar Pradesh is ready for change,” Raut said on Wednesday. Referring to the Goa election scene, the chief spokesperson of Shiv Sena said, “Our fight is against BJP’s notes (money power).” He said, “Shiv Sena is the party of the common man. We want to tell people not to fall prey to the greed of money.”
On Devendra Fadnavis’ alleged remarks that unlike Maharashtra, the BJP would not allow sale of mandate in Goa, Raut said leaders like Praveen Zante and Michael Lobo had left the saffron party in Goa under Fadnavis’ watch. After the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections, the Shiv Sena’s long-time ally, the BJP, broke up with the BJP over the issue of the chief minister’s post.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led party later forged an alliance with the NCP and the Congress to form the government in the state. Raut had on Tuesday said that the Shiv Sena will contest 50 seats in Uttar Pradesh, where elections to the 403-member assembly will be held in phases in the next two months. He had also said that discussions are on for an alliance with the Congress and the NCP in Goa and if the Sonia Gandhi-led party does not agree, the Shiv Sena will contest the elections on its own.
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