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<\/div>\nSanjay Raut at Uddhav Thackeray’s home, paying respects to Sena founder Bal Thackeray.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Mumbai: <\/b><\/p>\n
A day after his release from jail after over three months, Team Thackeray’s Sanjay Raut today had praise for Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the BJP leader seen as a power behind Sena mutineer Eknath Shinde replacing Uddhav Thackeray as Chief Minister in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a new government in Maharashtra, which has taken some good decisions too. We do not oppose for the sake of opposing,\u201d he said, “Devendra Fadnavis has taken some good decisions. I read the newspaper whenever possible (in jail). Decisions such as housing for the poor deserve praise.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also mentioned the decision to give more rights to MHADA (Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority). \u201cOur government had taken away those rights. I did not like that. Mr Fadnavis has done well to restore those.”<\/p>\n
He told reporters that he would meet with Mr Fadnavis \u201cregarding some public work\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I will also meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah and tell them what is happening to me.\u00a0I had read that Devendra Fadnavis said political bitterness should be reduced. I welcome his statement,” he added.<\/p>\n
Though his praise was limited to Mr Fadnavis \u2014 he did not name Eknath Shinde \u2014 this may be seen as a softening of rhetoric by Mr Raut.<\/p>\n
A firebrand journalist-politician<\/a> who is a member of the Lok Sabha, he had defended the Thackerays aggressively when Eknath Shinde broke away five months ago.<\/p>\n Having got bail yesterday after 103 days in jail, Mr Raut was talking to the media before he met with Uddhav Thackeray at his home. He said he would also meet with Sharad Pawar, chief of Team Thackeray’s ally NCP.\u00a0\u201cI thought people would forget me in three months. But I got a lot of calls since my release yesterday. Uddhav\u00a0ji<\/em>\u00a0was regularly in touch with me. Pawar\u00a0sahib\u00a0<\/em>also spoke to me on the phone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u0938\u0924\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0947\u0935 \u091c\u092f\u0924\u0947!<\/p>\n \u091c\u093e\u092e\u0940\u0928 \u092e\u0902\u091c\u0942\u0930 \u091d\u093e\u0932\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0928\u0902\u0924\u0930 \u0916\u093e\u0938\u0926\u093e\u0930 \u0938\u0902\u091c\u092f \u0930\u093e\u090a\u0924 \u091c\u0940 \u092f\u093e\u0902\u0928\u0940 \u092e\u093e\u0924\u094b\u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u0935\u0930 \u0936\u093f\u0935\u0938\u0947\u0928\u093e \u092a\u0915\u094d\u0937\u092a\u094d\u0930\u092e\u0941\u0916 \u0909\u0926\u094d\u0927\u0935\u0938\u093e\u0939\u0947\u092c \u0920\u093e\u0915\u0930\u0947, \u092f\u0941\u0935\u093e\u0938\u0947\u0928\u093e \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092e\u0941\u0916 \u0906\u0926\u093f\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0920\u093e\u0915\u0930\u0947 \u091c\u0940 \u092f\u093e\u0902\u091a\u0940 \u092d\u0947\u091f \u0918\u0947\u0924\u0932\u0940. \u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902\u091a\u0947 \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0917\u0924 \u0938\u094c. \u0930\u0936\u094d\u092e\u0940 \u0935\u0939\u093f\u0928\u0940 \u0920\u093e\u0915\u0930\u0947 \u092f\u093e\u0902\u0928\u0940 \u0914\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0923 \u0915\u0930\u0942\u0928 \u0915\u0947\u0932\u0947.<\/p>\n \u0936\u093f\u0935\u0938\u0947\u0928\u0947\u091a\u093e \u0939\u093e \u0930\u094b\u0916\u0920\u094b\u0915 \u0906\u0935\u093e\u091c \u0906\u0924\u093e \u092a\u0941\u0928\u094d\u0939\u093e \u092c\u0941\u0932\u0902\u0926 \u0939\u094b\u0923\u093e\u0930! pic.twitter.com\/0QDwf6vmBJ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ShivSena – \u0936\u093f\u0935\u0938\u0947\u0928\u093e (@ShivSena) November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n He refused to speak much on the court order, which said his arrest was wrong<\/a> as the probe agency ED has not given any evidence of money laundering. He is accused of a scam in a housing project.<\/p>\n \u201cThe order has sent an encouraging sign across the country. I will not comment on that or on the ED. Nor will I speak on the architects of this controversy. If my incarceration made them happy, let that be so,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cIn my heart I hold no grudge against anyone ever. My family suffered a lot. But such is life. We are in politics,\u201d he added.\u00a0He refused to \u201cblame the system as a whole\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI do not blame any central probe agency either. When they get a chance to do good things, they should,\u201d he said, though later, at Uddhav Thackeray’s home<\/a>, he made a stern comment: “The question is, are probe agencies pets of the for state and central governments? There is an argument for closing down the ED altogether.”<\/p>\n Earlier, without naming anyone, he slammed \u201cthe kind of political vendetta that was not seen even when the country was enslaved for 150 years\u201d.\u00a0About his comments after release that his unfair arrest was \u201con orders from Delhi”,\u00a0he said, \u201cNo one should be arrested on false charges; it’s not just about me.\u201d<\/p>\n On his time in jail, he said, \u201cI was unwell in jail, and I am unwell now. Jail is no happy time. One has to talk to the walls. All connection with the outside world is lost. In loneliness, one has to talk to the walls.\u201d<\/p>\n He said he took inspiration from VD Savarkar, Bal Gangadhar, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee who’d spent years in jail. \u201cWhoever is in politics has to go to jail at some point, I told myself.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n\n
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