"Truth": Sena's Sanjay Raut Defends "Living Corpses" Remark Against Rebels
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The Shiv Sena leader further said that Eknath Shinde is one of the closest to him and requested him to return to Maharashtra.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday defended his "living corpses" remark against the rebel MLAs stating that it was a manner of speaking in Maharashtra and said he did not want to hurt anyone's sentiment.
Speaking to the media persons, Mr Raut said, "Their bodies are alive, but their soul is dead, it is a way of speaking in Maharashtra. What wrong did I say? Those who stay in a party for 40 years and then run away, their souls are dead, they do not have anything left in them", these are the lines said by Dr Ram Manohar Lohia. I didn't want to hurt anyone's sentiment, I just said the truth."
"I tweeted a video of the speech of Gulabrao Patil where he is talking about those who change their fathers. What he said is correct for all those sitting in Guwahati. My tweet is for people sitting in Guwahati. Patil said in his speech. People eat, drink and enjoy with the party and then change their father, we aren't like them," added Mr Raut.
The Shiv Sena leader further said that Eknath Shinde is one of the closest to him and requested him to return to Maharashtra.
