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BJP won`t accept those who badmouth PM Modi, Amit Shah: Sanjay Shirsat

Maharashtra Minister Sanjay Shirsat on Wednesday said there was no possibility of the BJP and Shiv Sena (UBT) joining hands again considering the attacks on PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah by leaders of the Uddhav Thackeray-led party, reported the PTI.

Shirsat, whose party Shiv Sena led by Dy CM Shinde, is an ally of the BJP in the Mahayuti government, maintained the national saffron outfit will not accept those constantly targeting its top leadership.

“The BJP and Shiv Sena (UBT) will not come together. The BJP will not accept those who badmouth Modi and Shah,” he said in response to a question whether there was any possibility of reconciliation between the two estranged parties.

The state social justice minister remarked there was no political need for the BJP as well Shiv Sena (UBT) to join hands again, stated PTI.

The undivided Shiv Sena and the BJP were allies until the former quit the NDA and formed the Maha Vikas Aghadi in 2019 along with the Congress and the united NCP. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena (UBT) later joined the INDIA bloc, a national-level grouping of opposition parties.

Speculation about the BJP and Shiv Sena (UBT) aligning again keeps surfacing in Maharashtra`s political circles from time to time.

Late last month, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis rejected Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut`s claim that many leaders from the ruling BJP wish for an alliance with the Uddhav Thackeray-led opposition party, stated PTI.

Fadnavis responded to a query by the media, saying casual meetings should not be interpreted politically after Raut made the assertion following an interaction between BJP minister Chandrakant Patil and Uddhav`s close aide Milind Narvekar in Mumbai.

Raut`s comments came after Narvekar, a Member of the Legislative Council, and Patil had a few jovial exchanges in the presence of Thackeray at the wedding reception of BJP MLA Parag Alavani`s daughter, stated PTI.

In the past, as per PTI, Rajya Sabha MP Raut, who is considered close to party president, has maintained that some members of the Shiv Sena (UBT) may be harbouring sentiments of partnering with the BJP again. 

(With inputs from PTI)

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