Maha Vikas Aghadi very strong, Sharad Pawar's statement twisted by media: Raut

Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Monday asserted the tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi is very strong and said he never came across NCP chief Sharad Pawars statement that MVA will breakRaut also claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party is attempting to break strong opposition parties such as Shiv Sena Nationalist Congress Party Congress and the Trinamool CongressSpeaking to reporters here he said Pawars statement regarding MVA which includes Shiv Sena UBT NCP and Congress was twisted by the mediaThe MVA is very strong and is organising rallies together across the state the Rajya Sabha member saidResponding to a query of reporters in Amravati on Sunday whether NCP Shiv Sena UBT and Congress will contest elections together Pawar said all the three parties desire to work together and there was no discussion about Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi VBA of Prakash Ambedkar joining the MVAWhen asked about Pawars remarks Raut said At this moment the MVA is extremely strong and holding rallies jointly Rallies are being held to send a message that we are united On May 1 a huge rally will take place in Mumbai where all senior leaders from all the parties of MVA will come togetherHe said Sharad Pawar has played a big role in building the MVA The Shiv Sena UBT and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi are together but Pawar deserves special importance he addedPawar saheb is of the view that if we stay together we can defeat BJP in 2024 and we can win Lok Sabha seats in big numbers I do not think he Pawar is taking any such stand on MVA as reported because we constantly discuss and deliberate I never come across his statements or stand that there should not be MVA or it should break Raut saidHe said MVA will fight elections togetherThe Shiv Sena UBT leader claimed the BJP is trying to break all strong opposition partiesAlso Read There is confusion among its leaders Bawankule amid Pawars concern over MVABe it Shiv Sena in Maharashtra the Congress NCP or Trinamool Congress in West Bengal they are trying to break all these parties to strengthen the saffron partyThey do not have anything originalthey have all dummies It will get over soonThe BJP should stop this business of washing machines he saidThe Shiv Sena UBT has often targeted the BJP with the washing machine barb implying that cases abate against Opposition leaders facing allegations of corruption once they join the BJPRaut also claimed behind the screen activities are going on to replace CM Eknath Shinde as he has failed to achieve what BJP wantedA day earlier Raut claimed the BJPShinde government would collapse in the next 1520 daysShinde was used for toppling our MVA government in June 2022 but as a chief minister he has failed to strengthen the BJP in Maharashtra The BJP and the Shinde faction are going down since this government was formed he allegedQueried on Shiv Sena UBT president Uddhav Thackerays remarks at Sundays MVA rally that even Pakistan will tell whom real Shiv Sena belongs to Raut said the statement was aimed at the Election Commission of India which is the slave of the BJPWhat Uddhav meant was that even Pakistan knows that Shiv Sena is of Balasaheb Thackeray but the EC is unable to understand this he saidTaking a veiled swipe at BJP Raut said those who are trying to create controversy by invoking Uddhav Thackerays statement also chant Pakistans name to win electionsPM Narendra Modi should try to win elections without taking the name of Pakistan he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever