Deals and transactions worth Rs 2000 crore have been made so far to get the Shiv Sena party name and its “bow and arrow” symbol.
Making this allegation on Sunday, Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray faction leader Sanjay Raut alleged that the ruling Maharashtra
government along with BJP has bought the party MPs, MLAs and councillors.
The party, the leader and the dishonest group bid Rs 50 crore for MLAs, Rs 100 crore for MPs and Rs 50 lakh to 1 crore to buy our councillors. How much it would bid to take our name and symbol, you decide? My info is Rs 2,000 crore,” Raut said while addressing a press conference.
He said that the way their symbol and Shiv Sena’s name have been taken is a business deal for which Rs 2000 crore worth of transactions are done within six months. “I have informed the nation with my tweet. The way our symbol and Shiv Sena’s name have been taken is a business deal for which Rs 2000 crore worth of transactions are done within 6 months. And this is my initial estimate,” said Uddhav Thackeray faction leader.
Raut in a tweet Raut said, “I believe… Deals and transactions worth Rs 2000 crores have been done so far to get the election symbol and name…This is a preliminary figure and 100 per cent true… Soon many things will be revealed… This had never happened in the history of the
country.”
He also took a swipe at Union Home Minister Amit Shah saying that he has never taken the latter seriously. Raut’s statement came after Amit Shah’s said that formula of ‘Satyameva Jayate’ became significant following EC’s decision. “What Amit Shah says has never been taken seriously. What can we say about people who believe in buying justice and truth? Who has won and lost Maharashtra we’ll show when the time comes. We’ll not say anything now,” he said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Pune said, “Yesterday the Election Commission made ‘doodh ka doodh, aur paani ka paani’ (established the difference between truth and lie yesterday). The formula of ‘Satyameva Jayate’ became significant yesterday. Shinde ji got bow and arrow symbol and the party name ‘Shiv Sena’.”
The allegation was immediately countered by Eknath Shinde team and BJP. “Is Sanjay Raut a cashier?” MLA Sada Sarvankar from the Shinde camp said.
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla called Sanjay Raut ‘the Rahul Gandhi of Maharashtra’ who reduced Uddhav Sena to a Congress-style party that abuses and insults constitutional institutions like ECI by scurrilous allegations when the verdict goes against them.
