Mumbai: Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje has made a big announcement that he will not contest the Rajya Sabha elections. Holding a press conference in Mumbai today, he has announced that he is withdrawing from the elections. Also, what happened during the meeting between Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Sambhaji Raje Chhatrapati? He has also revealed this. Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje had met Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray a few days back. Therefore, there were discussions that Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje would go to Rajya Sabha from Shiv Sena. However, after the Shiv Sena declared Sanjay Pawar as the official candidate, there was a discussion about what decision Sambhaji Raje would take and what happened in the meeting between the Chief Minister and Sambhaji Raje. Sambhaji Raje has revealed about this today. Also, Sambhaji Raje had said that the Chief Minister had broken his word.
The Chief Minister had sent two MPs to me. We had a meeting then. You should join Shiv Sena. We will announce your candidature tomorrow. However, I will fight as an independent. I made it clear to them that I could not join the Shiv Sena. Two days later, the Chief Minister called me and invited me to come for the year. He told me that we would have a detailed meeting and discuss, so I also went to meet the Chief Minister. In the meeting with the Chief Minister, we spoke on three issues. He said that we do not want to put Chhatrapati aside, so he advised us to join Shiv Sena. Even then, however, I politely declined. Instead I offered them two. He says this is the place of Shiv Sena. Therefore, I proposed to them through Shiv Sena to make me an independent candidate sponsored by Mahavikas Aghadi. But the king refused, saying that it would not be possible.
The Chief Minister made another proposal. That is, we are ready to field Shiv Sena sponsored candidates on behalf of Mahavikas Aghadi. However, I did not accept that proposal. I gave them two days to think about it. Two days later, I got a call from their minister. The Chief Minister has asked for a discussion. I want to give you an independent sponsored candidature. We had a meeting on that. He also mentioned that the draft was prepared following the instructions given by the Chief Minister and me.
A delegation of ministers is to meet me. There were ministers, there were close friends, there was an MP. His friends said that even today the Chief Minister wants you to join Shiv Sena. But I refused. Then I read the draft he said. There was a word in it. After changing that word, the draft became final, said Sambhaji Raje. However, after the Chief Minister gave his word, I left for Kolhapur. But while going to Kolhapur, new news appeared. After going to Kolhapur, it was understood that Sanjay Pawar had declared his candidature. Then I called the MPs. What is this? But she could not say anything. He called the Chief Minister but he did not answer. The word given by the Chief Minister was broken. It feels bad, says Sambhaji Raje.
