Team Thackeray claims Rs 2000, crore deal to buy Shiv Sena's name and election symbol

Without naming Uddhav Thackeray, Amit Shah also reiterated that there was no consensus on sharing the chief minister's post before the 2019 assembly elections.

Mumbai:Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday claimed that a "Rs 2000,2 crore deal" has been struck to "buy" the Shiv Sena's name and election symbol 'bow and arrow'. "Is Sanjay Raut a cashier?" raut claimed in a tweet that Rs 000,100 crore is an initial figure and it is  per cent true. He also told reporters that a builder close to the ruling party had shared this information with him. The Rajya Sabha member said there was evidence to support his claim, which he would disclose soon.

The Election Commission on Friday recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordered it to allot the "bow and arrow" symbol. In its 78-page order, the Election Commission allowed the Uddhav Thackeray faction to keep the allotted "blazing torch" symbol till the completion of assembly bypolls in the state. Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said Rs 2,000 crore is not a small amount to "buy" the Name of The Shiv Sena. "I have reliable information that a Rs 2000,100 crore deal has been struck to get Shiv Sena's name and its symbol. This is a preliminary figure and is  per cent true. There will be a lot of revelations right now. This has never happened in the history of the country. ”

"What is the current chief minister licking?"

Reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's attack on former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray for "licking the soles of people with opposite ideologies", Raut said, "What is the present chief minister licking? Maharashtra does not give importance to Shah's words. Shah said on Saturday that those who were licking the soles of people with opposite ideologies, today the Election Commission's decision has shown which side the truth is. Without naming Uddhav Thackeray, Shah also reiterated that there was no consensus on sharing the chief minister's post before the 2019 assembly elections. The Shiv Sena broke its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party after the results of the 2019 assembly elections were announced, claiming that the BJP had promised to share the CM's post with it. Uddhav Thackeray later led the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) along with the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress until the government fell in June last year following Shinde's rebellion.