Lagatar24 Desk
Mumbai, July 5: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Tuesday that if mid-term elections were held now in Maharashtra, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party would win more than 100 seats.
Attacking the BJP and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Raut claimed that the Sena could not be subverted through the use of financial influence or increased pressure from Central agencies.
“Shiv Sena will win over 100 seats if mid-term polls are held in the state today, looking at the anger against the rebels and enthusiasm in favour of the party. If an MLA quits the party it does not mean that Shiv Sena has lost its voters,” said Sanjay Raut.
After winning the trust vote in the Assembly on Monday, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde declared that if the BJP and the Shiv Sena, which he leads, do not win more than 200 seats in the upcoming Assembly elections, he will return to farming.
Uddhav Thackeray, the leader of the Sena, has recently challenged the BJP to hold midterm elections in Maharashtra.
Raut claimed the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena is the original party and if a decision is made to disqualify party MLAs, then he should return his law degree. He was making fun of the recently elected Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar.
