Reacting, Sena MP Sanjay Raut said that there was “complete transparency” at that time when the three parties were finalising the nitty-gritties of the government formation with nail-biting political suspense.”We all were aware of who’s talking what and with whom… We even had knowledge of what was happening on the Devendra Fadnavis-Ajit Pawar front… Later, he and other MLAs returned to the fold,” said Raut with a sly glint.”The BJP had made this offer, but we know about it… In fact, they were desperate to come to power at all costs and ready to join hands with any party… But they did not succeed,” Raut added.However, in a guarded response, Leader of Opposition (Council) Pravin Darekar said that certain things may have happened owing to political exigencies at that time, but wondered “why the issue was being raised now”.The BJP suffered one of its biggest political setbacks in November 2019 when it failed to take along Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on the issue of power-sharing and virtually called him a ‘liar’ publicly.
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