Raut further said, "Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar are in touch and will meet also today, they might also address the media together. But the fact is that Ajit Pawar and the MLAs supporting him have insulted Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Maharashtra."
Shiv Sena's leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday slammed Ajit Pawar's decision of aligning with BJP and forming government in Maharashtra. Hitting out at Ajit Pawar, Raut said "Sharad Pawar saheb has nothing to do with this, Ajit Pawar has backstabbed the people of Maharashtra."
Speaking on this surprise development in Maharashtra, Sanjay Raut said, "till 9 pm last night (Friday), he (Ajit Pawar) was with them, disappeared suddenly... his conduct had put us in the doubt then only..." (Kal 9 baje tak ye mahashaye (Ajit Pawar) hamare saath baithe the, achanak se ghayab ho gaye baad mein, vo nazar se nazar mila kar baat nahi kar rahe the, us se hume shaq bhi hua tha)
Raut further said, "Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar are in touch and will meet also today, they might also address the media together. But the fact is that Ajit Pawar and the MLAs supporting him have insulted Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Maharashtra."
Meanwhile, Sharad Pawar, who has already said that Ajit Pawar decision is his personal decision, has called an emergency meeting of party's senior leaders. "His (Ajit's) decision to support the BJP to form the Maharashtra government is his personal decision and not that of the Nationalist Congress Party," Sharad Pawar added.
In an unexpected turn of events in Maharashtra, BJP and NCP formed the government in the state, a possibility which wasn't into the sight so far. The development has come at a time when Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress were in talks to decide on a common minimum programme and were expected to announce their alliance soon but Saturday came as surprise for Sena and Congress.
Fadnavis who sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister once again said, "People had given us a clear mandate but Shiv Sena tried to ally with other parties after results, as a result, President's rule was imposed. Maharashtra needed a stable government and not a 'khichdi' government."
BJP had won 105 seats, and NCP's tally was 54, together, both the parties cross the half-way mark 145, needed to form the government.
He further added, "I would like to express my gratitude to NCP's Ajit Pawar ji, he took this decision to give a stable government to Maharashtra and come together with BJP. Some other leaders also came with us and we staked claim to form the government."Speaking on this surprise development, Ajit Pawar said, "From result day to this day no party was able to form the government, Maharashtra was facing many problems including farmer issues, so we decided to form a stable government."
PM Modi also took to Twitter and congratulated the two leaders saying, "I am confident they will work diligently for the bright future of Maharashtra."
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