'Approached to help topple Maharashtra govt', Sanjay Raut urges Vice President Naidu to take action
India Today
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has claimed that some people approached him to help topple MVA government in Maharashtra.
Shiv Sena's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut has written a letter to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, claiming he was approached by “certain people” who asked him to assist in toppling the MVA government in Maharashtra so that the state could be forced into mid-term elections.
Raut also tweeted a photo of a tiger (Shiv Sena's party symbol), and in a Hindi post along with it said, “Jhukenge nahi..Jai Maharashtra.."(will not bow down).
“This is Mumbai and it is the Shiv Sena which is 'dada' (dominant force) of Mumbai," he told reporters, and asserted that the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government will complete its five-year term.
He claimed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and other central agencies were being used with the "oblique motive" of toppling democratically elected governments.
In the letter to Naidu, who is also the chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Raut said central agencies like the ED were “systematically targeting” Shiv Sena leaders, after the party formed the (MVA) government in Maharashtra with the NCP and Congress after severing ties with its old ally BJP.
Raut requested Naidu to take note of the “abuse of power” and alleged harassment of Rajya Sabha members, and said the vice president should also speak up and take action in this connection.
Seeking to put up a brave face, the Rajya Sabha member also said he is "not scared and will not bow down”, and will continue to speak truth both inside and outside the House.
