‘Congress to win all 5 states in assembly elections’: Shiv Sena Sanjay Raut 

As the Election Commission is announcing the schedule for the upcoming assembly polls in five states today, Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray-fraction leader Sanjay Raut has claimed that the INDIA bloc would win all the states.

Congress to win all 5 states: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut

Addressing a press conference on Monday, Raut said, “Five states will go to polls. Among them, in three, Congress had won five years back. This time in all the states, the INDIA alliance will win, whether in Madhya Pradesh or Rajasthan. Telangana is a bonus. In Telangana as well, Congress will win. Bharatiya Janata Party will not win even 10 seats in Telangana.”

VIDEO | "The Congress won in three of the five poll-bound states last time. This time, INDIA alliance will win in all the five states. Congress will win in Telangana and BJP will not get even 10 seats there," says Shiv Sena (UBT) leader @rautsanjay61. pic.twitter.com/uhFMlLwnT1

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 9, 2023

The Shiv Sena (UBT) MP however questioned the Election Commission for not declaring the dates of the Mumbai Mahanagar Palika elections in Maharashtra for the last two years.

“You are declaring dates for five states but Mumbai Mahanagar Palika has been waiting for elections for the last two years. Along with Mumbai, you have stalled 14 Mahanagar Palika elections in Maharashtra. You are indulging in corrupt practices using the Administrator. When are you going to hold elections here?” Raut questioned.

Raut on Israel-Palestine war

Speaking on the Israel-Palestine war, Raut said that India should not forget history.

“This is an international matter. Our country has followed a policy on Palestine. We had given recognition to Palestine. Yasser Arafat (former Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization) and Indira Gandhi shared a good relationship. After Indira Gandhi’s death, Yasser Arafat came to Delhi and was in tears. We always shared this relationship with Palestine. This is history that we should not forget,” he said.

On Devendra Fadnavis going to Delhi, Raut said, “The Shinde group believes that Devendra ji’s capacity has increased so much that he should work in Delhi now. Delhi has a lot of work. There is Israel-Palestine issue, Manipur violence, Kashmiri pandits…Maybe Amit Shah and Narendra Modi have failed and so they are calling Devendra Fadnavis.”