New Delhi: Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday stated: "It needs 100 births" to understand what Nationalist Congress Party Supremo Sharad Pawar says.
The Shiv Sena MP was replying to a question on the Nationalist Congress Party president's virtual about-turn on the question of Maharashtra government formation by 3 parties -- Shiv Sena, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party -- on Monday at a media briefing at his residence in the national capital.
"You don't worry about Sharad Pawar and our alliance. Very soon, by early-December, a Shiv Sena-led alliance government will be in power in Maharashtra. It will be a stable government," Sanjay Raut said.
He said that there are no questions in the Shiv Sena on the government formation, "but it is the media which is harbouring confusion over it".
On Sharad Pawar, Raut said he had discussed the condition of Maharashtra farmers with the Nationalist Congress Party chief on Monday night.
"What's wrong if (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi had praised Sharad Pawar? Earlier, Narendra Modi had publicly admitted that Sharad Pawar is his political 'guru'. So, don't read any politics in this," Sanjay Raut said.
Taking a swipe at its former ally, he said that by snapping ties with Shiv Sena, the Bharatiya Janata Party has lost its oldest and biggest ally.
"It was Shiv Sena which built up the Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra, gave them seats and accommodated them always. But, now the Bharatiya Janata Party has changed the seating arrangements of Shiv Sena MPs in Parliament and they will pay for it," Raut said.
He said in the recent past, Shiv Sena was reluctant for an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party, but "it came about only because BJP President Amit Shah landed in Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's residence 'Matoshri' and raised the issue of partnership in the state".
The Shiv Sena- Bharatiya Janata Party had fought the Lok Sabha and later the assembly elections together.
However, in the assembly elections, the Shiv Sena insisted on the post of Chief Minister to it and also on equitable power-sharing, but the BJP rejected the Shiv Sena arguments.
The Shiv Sena is currently negotiating an alliance with Congress- Nationalist Congress Party even as it has been allotted seating in the opposition benches.