Sanjay Raut takes 'power-hungry' jibe at former CM Fadnavis, amid Sena-NCP-Congress talks

Taking a jibe at former CM Devendra Fadnavis, Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Monday, quoted the Urdu poet Habib Jalib to comment on Fadnavis' confidence that he will be CM again. He tweeted that 'one who was so power-hungry, also believed that he was god'. The relations between Shiv Sena and BJP have reached a new low with the Shiv Sena MPs opting to sit with the Opposition both Parliamentary Houses.

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Raut's dig at Fadnavis

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Fadnavis heckled

Earlier on Sunday, when Fadnavis paid tribute to Sena founder Bal Thackeray at his memorial in Shivaji Park on his seventh death anniversary, Shiv Sena workers heckled the former Chief Minister by raising slogans. The workers raised slogans in Marathi--"Sarkar kunauchi? Shiv Sena chi" (Whose government? Shiv Sena's). Meanwhile, posting some of Balasaheb's fiery speeches, Fadnavis tweeted ' Respected Balasaheb taught us the main mantra for maintaining self-pride'. Fadnavis had earlier posted a video of his own speech about the Shiv Sena supremo.

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BJP-Shiv Sena fallout 

Meanwhile, the BJP-Shiv Sena's 'Mahyuti' of 35 years fell out at the state-level with Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray insisting a 50-50 sharing of Chief Minister post for 2.5 years and portfolios and Fadnavis refused to these demands. Both parties are eyeing to form the next government separately in Maharashtra -which is currently under President's rule. While the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress is still in talks to finalise the Common minimum programme to form an alliance, the BJP has vowed that it will form the next government. The Mahayuti alliance swept Maharashtra on October 24, winning a combined tally of 161 (BJP- 105, Sena -56).

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