Meeting polls: SP in UP, Congress in Goa have benefit over BJP, says Sena’s Raut

Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday stated the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Occasion has an edge over the ruling BJP within the Uttar Pradesh Meeting polls presently underway. Goa was dealing with a “khichdi” state of affairs however the Congress has a bonus over the BJP, which has been in energy within the neighbouring state since 2012, he added.

“Devendra Fadnavis (the BJP’s Goa election in cost) is doing all he can to make sure BJP wins. Our greatest needs since he’s a Maharashtra chief. However he is aware of the present energy in Goa is with the corrupt and mafia,” Raut stated.

He stated Utpal Parrikar, son of former chief minister late Manohar Parrikar, was getting a superb response from the individuals of Panaji.

Utpal was denied a ticket by the BJP, which opted for sitting MLA Atanasio Monserrate, who crossed over from the Congress to the ruling social gathering in 2019.

Raut additionally stated Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray will marketing campaign for Shiv Sena candidates in Uttar Pradesh, the place the ruling BJP and the Samajwadi Occasion are the principle contenders.

Queried about Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s remark that the BJP had by no means requested for proof of Rahul Gandhi’s parentage, which has been extensively condemned as distasteful, Raut stated Sarma was concentrating on the Congress regardless of the social gathering doing loads for him.

“Sarma has spent his whole life within the Congress. He has labored with the Congress management and the social gathering has made him what he’s right this moment. BJP picked him as a result of he had the stature. Now, he’s concentrating on the identical leaders and the social gathering which gave him stature,” Raut stated.

Goa will go to polls on February 14, with leads to the coastal state and UP being declared on March 10.