, MUMBAI: In one of the most sharpest attacks after the just lately held Lok Sabha bypoll in Palghar, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday described BJP as its largest "political enemy".
The country "does not" need the duo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, however may just "accept" the Congress or JD(S) leader HD Deve Gowda, he said.
"The Shiv Sena is the biggest political enemy (rajkiya shatroo) of the BJP. The Sena's radical Hinduism would prove problematic for the BJP," he said in an opinion piece written below his 'rokh-thokh' (directly ahead) column printed in birthday celebration mouthpiece 'Saamana'.
Raut is the editor of the Marathi day-to-day.
Taking potshots on the saffron birthday celebration, Raut said the BJP paid tribute to its late MP Chintaman Wanaga by means of defeating his son, the Sena candidate, in Palghar.
The bypoll was once necessitated by means of the loss of life of Chintaman Wanaga.
Since the Sena is the primary political opponent of the BJP, the latter's plan is to weaken the Uddhav Thackeray-led birthday celebration whilst staying in energy with it, he alleged.
"Hence, the BJP's plan is to stay with the Sena in power and try to weaken it by using power and money. The BJP used its resources to ensure Shiv Sena's defeat in the Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll (held last month)," Raut said.
The Sena leader claimed "trickery" of EVMs led to the BJP's victory in Palghar and said it was once not anything wanting a "scandal".
"On the day of voting (May 28), complaints of EVMs malfunctioning were reported from at least 100 locations. The Election Commission rejected the Shiv Sena's request for extending voting hours, but a similar demand of BJP candidate Rajendra Gavit (who won the seat) was accepted," he alleged.
He claimed that each polling station, the place extension for voting was once given, reported an "average 100 extra votes to the BJP nominee and cumulatively BJP's votes increased by some thousands. But some 60,000 voters could not vote".
"After the voting, the district collector declared 46 per cent turnout, but the figure went up to 56 per cent the next day (when final figure was announced). It means 82,000 votes increased overnight", he said.
Raut charged that the BJP has appointed folks with RSS links to key constitutional posts and regulated the election procedure.
He additionally referred to the setback suffered by means of the BJP in the simply held Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls in some states.
"The BJP managed to win the Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll but it lost many other Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls. This shows winds of change are blowing in several parts of the country," he said.
"The bypoll results indicate beginning of the BJP's downfall," said the Rajya Sabha MP.
He charged that "the country is in such a state of mind that it can accept the Congress or Deve Gowda, but does not want the Modi- Shah duo".
The country "does not" need the duo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, however may just "accept" the Congress or JD(S) leader HD Deve Gowda, he said.
"The Shiv Sena is the biggest political enemy (rajkiya shatroo) of the BJP. The Sena's radical Hinduism would prove problematic for the BJP," he said in an opinion piece written below his 'rokh-thokh' (directly ahead) column printed in birthday celebration mouthpiece 'Saamana'.
Raut is the editor of the Marathi day-to-day.
Taking potshots on the saffron birthday celebration, Raut said the BJP paid tribute to its late MP Chintaman Wanaga by means of defeating his son, the Sena candidate, in Palghar.
The bypoll was once necessitated by means of the loss of life of Chintaman Wanaga.
Since the Sena is the primary political opponent of the BJP, the latter's plan is to weaken the Uddhav Thackeray-led birthday celebration whilst staying in energy with it, he alleged.
"Hence, the BJP's plan is to stay with the Sena in power and try to weaken it by using power and money. The BJP used its resources to ensure Shiv Sena's defeat in the Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll (held last month)," Raut said.
The Sena leader claimed "trickery" of EVMs led to the BJP's victory in Palghar and said it was once not anything wanting a "scandal".
"On the day of voting (May 28), complaints of EVMs malfunctioning were reported from at least 100 locations. The Election Commission rejected the Shiv Sena's request for extending voting hours, but a similar demand of BJP candidate Rajendra Gavit (who won the seat) was accepted," he alleged.
He claimed that each polling station, the place extension for voting was once given, reported an "average 100 extra votes to the BJP nominee and cumulatively BJP's votes increased by some thousands. But some 60,000 voters could not vote".
"After the voting, the district collector declared 46 per cent turnout, but the figure went up to 56 per cent the next day (when final figure was announced). It means 82,000 votes increased overnight", he said.
Raut charged that the BJP has appointed folks with RSS links to key constitutional posts and regulated the election procedure.
He additionally referred to the setback suffered by means of the BJP in the simply held Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls in some states.
"The BJP managed to win the Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll but it lost many other Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls. This shows winds of change are blowing in several parts of the country," he said.
"The bypoll results indicate beginning of the BJP's downfall," said the Rajya Sabha MP.
He charged that "the country is in such a state of mind that it can accept the Congress or Deve Gowda, but does not want the Modi- Shah duo".
Shiv Sena is biggest 'political enemy' of BJP: Sanjay Raut
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