Reportedly shiv sena leader sanjay raut, has been making headlines ever since the results of the 21 october maharashtra assembly elections in which the bjp emerged as the single largest party by securing 105 seats. Meanwhile the other large chunks of seats in the 288 member assembly were won by the shiv sena (56), congress (44) and ncp (54).
Furthermore since the ruling party at the Centre missed the required 145 mark to stake claim to government, maharashtra has been throw into a power tussle as allies bjp and shiv sena fight for the post of chief minister. Perhaps Raut, who is emerging as the official ‘negotiator’ of the shiv sena party has been front lining talks between political parties amid the political deadlock in the state over staking claim to form the next government. Apparently the senior Sena leader has been seen holding meetings with ncp supremo sharad pawar, meeting the governor, reiterating the power 50:50 power sharing demand, and is also seen as the spokesperson of Matoshree.
Moreover these statements come a day after governor bhagat singh koshyari invited the shiv sena to stake claim to form government, Raut told reporters that the bjp "insulted" people's mandate by not abiding to the "50:50" formula which, he claimed, was decided before the lok sabha polls. Perhaps the bjp announced it would not form government in the state and accused the shiv sena of "disrespecting" people's mandate secured by the nda in the recent assembly polls.
