MVA govt firmly in saddle: Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday said the BJP in Maharashtra was under the wrong impression that it can shake the state MVA government by levelling "false allegations" against legislators and ministers.

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA- comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress) has "decided to fight back" and respond to such tactics to ensure stability in the state, Raut, who is in New Delhi, told a news channel. He said NCP president Sharad Pawar was like a "father figure" to Maharashtra Chief Minister and Sena head Uddhav Thackeray, amid speculation in state political circles over differences among the MVA allies.

"Delhi has been dug up for the Central Vista project and traffic routes have been changed, but the BJP should know that the path of the Maharashtra government cannot be changed," the Rajya Sabha member said. Notably, the state BJP unit recently wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah for a CBI investigation against Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Shiv Sena minister Anil Parab into the allegations levelled against them by dismissed Mumbai cop Sachin Waze.