Mumbai: The power struggle in the state has reached its peak. After the mutiny by Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, internal strife in Shiv Sena has come to the fore. Rebel MLAs have strongly objected to the power established with the NCP. The NCP has proposed to leave the alliance with the Congress and form an alliance with the BJP. After the mutiny of Shinde group, Shiv Sena has split and two groups have been formed. On the one hand, Aditya Thackeray and Sanjay Raut, along with Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray from the Shiv Sena, came forward to save the government. However, due to the controversial statements made by Sanjay Raut against the rebel MLAs, the situation in the state has taken a different turn. However, this article gives an overview of how Sanjay Raut’s journey in the Shiv Sena took place during these political developments. (Maharashtra Political Crisis)
He has never been elected by the people, he is going to end Sanjay Raut’s party. Sanjay Raut is the talisman around Sharad Pawar’s neck, Shinde group MLA Deepak Kesarkar has directly accused Sanjay Raut. Therefore, Sanjay Raut’s participation and role in Matoshri’s decisions is constantly being discussed. After the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance broke down in 2019, the Mahavikas Aghadi government of Congress-NCP and Shiv Sena came to power in the state on the initiative of Sanjay Raut. However, some political analysts say that the Shiv Sena’s controversy started only then.
There are constant allegations that Sanjay Raut is responsible for the split in the Shiv Sena today. After the 2019 assembly elections, there were differences between Shiv Sena and BJP over power sharing. Then Sanjay Raut took the initiative and built the foundation of Mahavikas Aghadi. If the BJP does not agree to the two-and-a-half year formula, it will break the alliance and propose to form a government with the NCP. He also assured that the government would complete its five-year term. Therefore, it is seen that Sanjay Raut is directly involved in the decision making process on Matoshri.Journey of Sanjay Raut
The village of 61-year-old Sanjay Raut is Chaundi in Alibag in Raigad district. In 1980, Sanjay Raut started working in the marketing department of an English newspaper. He was then employed as a crime and political journalist in the weekly Lokprabha.
Shiv Sena entry
Seeing the virtues of journalism in Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray introduced Sanjay Raut’s mouthpiece in Marmik. While working in Marmik, Sanjay Raut came in contact with Srikant Thackeray. As his closeness with Shrikant Thackeray grew, so did his influence in the Shiv Sena. In 1984, Sanjay Raut made his debut on the stage with veteran Army leaders like Pramod Navalkar, Dattaji Salvi and Wamanrao Mahadik. The occasion was Marmik’s anniversary celebrations.
Editor of the match
In 1989, Shiv Sena started publishing matches. Senior journalist Ashok Padabidri was the executive editor. He was succeeded by Sanjay Raut as Executive Editor in 1993. Due to Raut’s writing style, Raut was writing the first article of the match. The party first sent Raut to the Rajya Sabha in 2004. Since then, Shiv Sena has sent Sanjay Raut to Rajya Sabha four times. In Delhi, Sanjay Raut is known as the aggressive face of the party.
BJP-Shiv Sena alliance
BJP and Shiv Sena formed an alliance in 1984. Then in 1989, the two parties shook hands. However, Raut never considered the BJP as his ally. Even when he was in Shiv Sena, he was away from BJP. However, his stance on the NCP was always mild. In 2008, an attempt was made by NCP and Shiv Sena. It was tested whether the Shiv Sena could leave the BJP and join hands with the NCP. Sanjay Raut had the idea to do this experiment. But the experiment did not work out, a newspaper reported.
More aggressive after 2014
After Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister after 2014, Raut had attacked BJP. At that time, Shiv Sena had to contest assembly elections on its own. After the election, BJP got more seats. After that Shiv Sena-BJP alliance was formed again and Devendra Fadnavis became the Chief Minister in the alliance government. Even then, anti-BJP writings were written from the match. Sanjay Raut has a special place in the Shiv Sena. Raut’s position in the party has never waned. It is said that he has easy access to Matoshri too. That is why he was sent to the Rajya Sabha four times in a row by the party leadership.
Meanwhile, NCP president Sharad Pawar announced Uddhav Thackeray’s name for the Chief Minister’s post. However, even in the minds of the Shiv Sena leadership, the idea of giving government formulas to Eknath Shinde was mingling; However, there were rumors in the party that Sanjay Raut, Subhash Desai and Anil Parab opposed him. Uddhav Thackeray’s ears were filled with reasons that another Narayan Rane will be formed in the Shiv Sena party and then he will be doomed to the party. Therefore, Eknath Shinde’s path to becoming the Chief Minister was automatically blocked. This shows the dominance of Sanjay Raut in the party.
