Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday welcomed the Centre’s decision to grant classical language status to Marathi, stressing that it was a result of collective efforts and cannot be credited to a single party or leader. Talking to reporters, Raut said if the BJP-led Union government’s motive behind the classical language status was … Read more
MUMBAI: Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut was on Thursday convicted in a defamation case and sentenced to simple imprisonment of 15 days by a metropolitan magistrate court in Mumbai. Raut was also fined Rs 25,000 in the case filed by Medha Somaiya, wife of BJP leader Kirit Somaiya. Raut later … Read more
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis won’t be able to read Sharad Pawar’s mind even after 100 births and targeted Union minister Amit Shah, prompting a counter by BJP’s Ashish Shelar. While Raut made jibes at Shah over his visit to Mumbai’s Lalbaugcha Raja Ganesh idol, … Read more
No Pass, No Entry Former parliamentarians aren’t allowed to enter the new Parliament using their I-card. A pass, issued at the reception, is a must to enter the building and this has irked several former MPs from BJP and other parties. In the previous Parliament, now rechristened as ‘Samvidhan Sadan’, former parliamentarians never needed a … Read more
Smoking out the plotThe management of an educational institution in Maharashtra’s Saswad was stunned when it invited former Shiv Sena MLA and ex-minister Vijay Shivtare to address students. He began by saying that in his childhood he wanted to be like Dhirubhai Ambani but was “very mischievous” and used to “steal money to smoke beedis … Read more
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut hit out at the Eknath Sinhde-led Shiv Sena after the party got a single ministerial berth in Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s cabinet on Sunday, and said that the state of Maharashtra gained “nothing.”Notably, Prataprao Jadhav was the only Shiv Sena leader who was inducted into the union cabinet. … Read more
From Boiling Point to Rain Relief: Both BJP and Congress leaderships had brought their respective party leaders from Kerala to Delhi to campaign among the Malayalee pockets of the national capital. While these Kerala functionaries did their job, most of them wilted due to Delhi’s unfamiliar simmering summer and heat wave. Done with their job, … Read more
Last Updated: May 09, 2024, 23:13 IST Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut. (File photo) Such comments are a ”direct threat” to the life of the PM, the Maharashtra unit of the BJP alleged The BJP on Thursday wrote to the Election Commission and Mumbai police seeking action against Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut … Read more
Not for media personnel A select few BJP office-bearers are active in the old party office on Ashoka Road which is functioning as a war room. A team of BJP functionaries have shifted base to the old office. Key campaign strategies – based on feedback from social media, newspaper reports and programmes on news channels … Read more
The Prakash Amebdkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) is still a part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi and discussions with the former are still on, said Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday. The Rajya Sabha member told reporters that the MVA’s proposal of leaving aside four seats for VBA in Maharashtra for the Lok … Read more
