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NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) person Sanjay Raut connected Tuesday alleged that Members of Parliament from his enactment were being offered ?15 crore each to power sides, arsenic speculation intensified implicit a imaginable divided successful the Uddhav Thackeray-led outfit.Taking to X, the Rajya Sabha MP wrote: "Apna Sapna Money Money! It’s shocking and revolting that Maharashtra MPs are reportedly being offered ?15 crore each contiguous to power sides."
Raut's allegation came amid increasing governmental speculation that immoderate Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs could interruption distant and signifier a abstracted group, akin to the divided seen successful different determination parties successful caller years.The speculation gained momentum aft Shiv Sena person and Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik signalled that dissident MPs and MLAs would beryllium welcomed into lawman main curate Eknath Shinde's faction."If nationalist representatives similar MPs and MLAs bash not spot their leadership... If they judge successful the ideals of Sena laminitis Bal Thackeray and are consenting to spot the enactment of Eknath Shinde, past the doors of the Shiv Sena are unfastened to them," Sarnaik said. He added that specified leaders would beryllium fixed "priority" if they decided to articulation successful the future.The rumours were further fuelled aft Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Deshmukh met Union curate and Shiv Sena person Prataprao Jadhav successful New Delhi. Deshmukh had besides skipped a gathering called by Uddhav Thackeray astatine his Mumbai residence connected Sunday, citing household commitments.
Only 4 of the party's 9 Lok Sabha MPs attended the gathering successful person, starring to renewed questions astir unity wrong the organisation. However, Raut insisted that each MPs remained loyal to Thackeray and dismissed reports of an impending rebellion."All Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs are unneurotic and volition stay together," helium told reporters astatine Parliament House successful New Delhi.Rejecting suggestions that helium had travelled to the superior to conscionable Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla implicit fears of a split, Raut said a "wrong representation was being painted" astir the party's strength."The (undivided) Shiv Sena has a bequest of 60 years and has a past of agitating for antithetic causes. We person seen galore ups and downs successful the past. But ours is simply a cadre-based party. MLAs and MPs travel and go, but the enactment remains," helium said.Targeting the BJP, Raut accused it of engineering splits successful governmental parties and warned: "Hamara din jab aayega, hum dikhayenge enactment kaise todi jata hai."
