Rs 2,000 cr deal to 'purchase' Shiv Sena name and symbol, claims Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed a deal of Rs 2000 crore has taken place so far to purchase the Shiv Sena party name and its bow and arrow symbolHowever MLA Sada Sarvankar from the camp led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde dismissed the claim and asked Is Sanjay Raut a cashierRaut in a tweet claimed the Rs 2000 crore was a preliminary figure and this was 100 per cent true He also told reporters that a builder close to the ruling dispensation shared this information with himThe Rajya Sabha member said his claim was backed by proof which he would disclose soonThe Election Commission on Friday recognised the Eknath Shindeled faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordered allocation of the bow and arrow poll symbol to itIn a 78page order on the protracted battle for control of the organisation the EC allowed the Uddhav Thackeray faction to keep the flaming torch poll symbol allocated to it till the completion of the Assembly bypolls in the stateAlso Read Maharashtra BJP cannot finish the Sena says Uddhav ThackerayRaut on Sunday said Rs 2000 crore is not a small amount to purchase the name Shiv Sena The ECs decision is a deal he allegedI have reliable information that there has been a deal of Rs 2000 crore to get the Shiv Sena name and its symbol This is a preliminary figure and is 100 per cent trueMany things will be revealed shortly Never before this has happened in the countrys history Raut tweetedTo a question on Union Home Minister Amit Shahs attack on former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray with licking soles of those with opposite ideology jibe Raut asked What is the present chief minister licking Maharashtra doesnt give importance to what Shah says The current chief minister has no right to take Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharajs nameShah on Saturday said those who chose to lick the soles of people with opposite ideologies have found which side truth was on after the EC declared the faction headed by Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde as the real Shiv Sena and gave it the bow and arrow symbolWithout naming Uddhav Thackeray Shah also reiterated there was no agreement on sharing the chief ministers post in the run up to the 2019 Assembly pollsThe Shiv Sena broke its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party after the results of the 2019 Assembly polls were declared claiming the latter had reneged on a promise to share the CMs post with itUddhav Thackeray subsequently teamed up with the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress to lead the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA till it fell in June last year after Shinde rebelledThis 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