Mumbai, Sept. 3 -- BJP's state media cell chief Navnath Ban said today that Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut's stand on the issues of the Maratha community has always been hypocritical.

Sometimes he backed the "silent marches," other times he called protestors "bedbugs." In this way, Raut has repeatedly insulted the Maratha community, he said.

Therefore, Raut, who neither visited the protestors at Azad Maidan nor respected the Maratha community, has no right to speak on the subject of reservation said Ban.

He said it was the Mahayuti government under Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis that worked to serve justice to the Maratha community.

Ban said that Rahul Gandhi's unsubstantiated allegations about "vote theft" and his threats about "atom...