Call for splitting Maharashtra attempts to weaken PM: Shiv Sena

March 23, 2016 20:33

Shiv Sena alleged that provocative statements favouring division of Maharashtra are aimed at creating an unrest in the state and an attempt to "weaken and destabilize" Prime Minister Narendra Modi by his own partymen.

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said that the party is concerned about whether attempts are on to "weaken and destabilise" the PM by making such statements given the fact that he had assured he would protect Maharashtra's integrity as long as he is in Delhi.

"We suspect that people from the PM's own party are trying to make him unstable by raking up the issue. Shiv Sena is unfazed. It is not afraid of a fight. It is ready for the battle for the cause of Maharashtra", said Raut, whose party is a coalition partner of the BJP both at the Centre and in the state.

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