BJP used, tossed Shinde, will never become CM again: Sanjay Raut 

Shiv Sena leader criticizes BJP for sidelining Eknath Shinde, warns of internal conflicts within Maharashtra government.

With the BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis being sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister once again, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday (December 5, 2024) declared that the “Shinde era is over” as the BJP has “tossed him aside”, in a jibe against the outgoing CM and his one-time party colleague.

“The fact is that Eknath Shinde’s two years of Chief Ministerial era is over, and he will never become Maharashtra’s CM again. BJP has used him to the fullest when he was needed. Now that his requirement is over, he has been tossed aside,” Mr. Raut told journalists.

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“(The BJP) can even break the Shiv Sena he (Mr. Shinde) formed after splitting the party. This is what the BJP does; this has been their line in politics. With every party they work with, once they are done using them, they break, divide, and destroy the core of the same party,” Mr. Raut alleged.

He also took a dig at the ruling Mahayuti’s delay in forming the government and its implications for the future of the alliance. “BJP won with a landslide victory in the election, and still they could not form the government for 15 days, nor they could announce the name of the CM. This clearly reflects there is tension and conflict within the alliance as well as the party leaders, and all these issues will slowly start reflecting after Mr. Fadnavis takes the oath as the CM. In fact, the issues will start emerging from Friday (December 6, 2024),” he said.

Mr. Raut accused the ruling coalition’s leaders of being more concerned about their personal interests than about working for the betterment of the State and the country.

Fellow Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said that the BJP has a track record of stabbing its allies in the back. “The conflict among the Mahayuti alliance is visible. We just hope that the Chief Minister fulfills all the promises that he has made to the people of Maharashtra and that the people do not have to suffer because of their internal tussle. BJP has a track record of following a typical strategy of backstabbing their allies when they are done with them. They have done it with the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Shiv Sena,” she said.