Asked about the phone conversation, Raut said, “The BJP is feeding false news. We know who is doing it. The party fears loss in the assembly polls so is spreading misinformation.”Raut said the BJP engineered a split in the Shiv Sena (in June 2022), brought down Thackeray’s MVA government and also ensured the party name and symbol went to the rebel faction led by Eknath Shinde.”The worst the BJP did was to give the reins of the government to traitors (a term the Uddhav group uses to describe Shinde and rebel MLAs), who have been looting the state for the past couple of years. We (Uddhav faction) have had maximum conflicts with the BJP,” Raut further said, underlining the impossibility of a rapprochement.Raut emphasised such misinformation has nothing to do with seat-sharing discussions in the MVA.Asked about some Congress leaders leaking information to the media against the Shiv Sena (UBT), Raut said he was “surprised a Congress leader can make such a comment”.”We will not assist the BJP, which seeks to undermine the Constitution and insult the pride of Maharashtra,” Raut asserted.Maharashtra assembly polls will be held on November 20, while results will be declared on November 23.The term of the current assembly ends on November 26.
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