Amid rumours of patch-up with BJP, Sena says all is well with alliance
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Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said on Monday attempts to break the MahaVikasAghadi (MVA) will go in vain as he stressed that the alliance is united and committed to complete its five-year term in Maharashtra amid rumours of a reconciliation with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). "The parties in MVA - the Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP - support the chief minister. They are standing together and will remain together. We are committed to run the government for five years," Raut said."Outsiders who want to form government in the state and are restless after losing power may try but the alliance will continue. People may try to break the Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP but they would not succeed," the Shiv Sena leader said.
Taking a jibe at the opposition, Sanjay Raut said that the opposition leaders should perform Shavasana on the occasion of International Yoga Day.
Sanjay Raut's comments come amid indications from the Congress that it may fight the assembly elections in Maharashtra alone. Congress' Maharashtra unit chief Nana Patole said on Sunday that the MVA alliance was formed in Maharashtra for five years and was not a permanent fixture. Patole on June 14, too, indicated that the party will contest the next assembly polls alone and not under the MahaVikasAghadi. Mumbai Congress chief BhaiJagtap told news agency ANI that his party will contest the elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) alone.
