Mumbai, Oct. 14 -- Bharatiya Janata Party Media Cell Chief Navnath Ban today took a dig at Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, saying Raut is making all the announcements about alliances with MNS or its possible tie-up with Congress on behalf of the UBT faction, and asked mockingly if he had taken full control of the party.

Ban sarcastically congratulated Raut for declaring himself the party chief of the Uddhav Thackeray group.

Speaking at a press conference held at the BJP's state headquarters, Ban said, Raut has announced that he will be holding discussions with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi.

This implies that Raut, in the capacity of the party chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, as the state president, will be meeting Kh...