Mumbai, Feb. 23 -- : Bharatiya Janata Party Media Cell Chief Navnath Ban on Monday alleged that a tug-of-war is underway among the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction, the Sharad Pawar group and the Congress over a Rajya Sabha seat.
Addressing a press conference at the BJP state office, Ban claimed that in order to make Uddhav Thackeray an MLA again and to secure his own re-election to the Rajya Sabha, Sanjay Raut has become submissive before the Congress and loyal to the Sharad Pawar faction.
He said Raut is demanding that the Legislative Council seat should go to Uddhav Thackeray, but the final decision depends on the Congress. Ban referred to reports that Congress state president Harshvardhan Sapkal had stated that the Rajya Sabha seat ...