We are not enemies: Raut after meeting Fadnavis

September 27, 2020 13:02

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that he met former Maharashtra chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday to discuss certain issues and that both of them could have ideological differences but there was no enmity between the duo.

"I met Devendra Fadnavis yesterday to discuss certain issues. He is a former chief minister. Also, he is the leader of opposition in Maharashtra and Bihar polls in-charge of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Our meeting was fixed as I wanted to take his interview for Saamna. Due to COVID-19 and other reasons, it could not materialise," he said.

"There can be ideological differences but we are not enemies. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was aware of our meeting. We were not sitting in a bunker it was an open meeting," he added.

The Shiv Sena and the BJP, which contested the 2019 state assembly elections as allies, fell out over power sharing formula, with the Uddhav Thackeray-led party said it was not ready to accept "less than what was agreed" with the BJP.

The Sena formed the government in November last year with the Nationalist Congress Party and Congress as the new alliance partners.

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