"Will Rise From Ashes": Sanjay Raut On Team Thackeray Losing Party Name

Sanjay Raut said the Maha Vikas Aghadi's manifesto for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly elections will be released after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visits the state on November 4.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said the party will "rise from the ashes like a phoenix" despite the now Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led split robbing the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena name and symbol and many leaders walking away.

Speaking at the NDTV Marathi Conclave on Sunday, Mr Raut said the Maha Vikas Aghadi's manifesto for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly elections will be released after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visits the state on November 4. He added that the coalition - comprising Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and Sharad Pawar-led NCP - would look at putting the state's finances in order, battling corruption and the law and order problem and bringing stability to the state.

"Maharashtra's industries have moved out and youth have lost their jobs. State leaders are being murdered and prisoners in jail are challenging law and order," he said, in an apparent reference to the killing of NCP leader Baba Siddique and the alleged involvement of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi's gang.