If PM Modi, Nawaz Sharif can meet, why not Sharad Pawar and Ajit, asks Sanjay Raut

Raut also said that none of the leaders who had joined the CM Eknath Shinde-led coalition government in Maharashtra are happy. “Even deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar are unhappy,” he told reporters.

“If (former Pakistan prime minister) Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi can meet, why can’t the Pawars? Jokes apart, Sharad Pawar is expected to clear his stand in a few days. Sharad Pawar might have told Ajit Pawar to come back (to Maha Vikas Aghadi) like he did after the early morning swearing in (2019 with Fadnavis as CM). Anything can happen in politics,” Raut asserted.

Raut also hit out at the BJP, blaming the latter for severing ties with the Shiv Sena in 2014 and 2019. “After Amit Shah met Uddhav Thackeray for renewing the alliance, Devendra Fadnavis had announced there will be 50:50 power sharing if the Sena BJP alliance returns to power (after the 2019 Assembly polls). But the BJP went back on its word,” he claimed.

The leader added that Shinde was a CM choice in 2019 but the BJP had opposed the decision.

Raut also said that he is confident that Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will win from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “There will be change in Amethi (held by Union Minister Smriti Irani), Varanasi (PM Modi) and Rae Bareli (held by Sonia Gandhi)” he said, adding that the entire nation will stand with Rahul Gandhi in the 2024 polls.

With inputs from PTI

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