Proud of Raut, he’s a Shiv Sainik who won’t bow down: Uddhav

Describing the arrest of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut as vendetta politics, Sena president Uddhav Thackeray said that he was proud of Raut and that he was an old friend.

- Chaitanya Marpakwar

Mumbai: Uddhav said those who had “surrendered and jumped to the other side” had gone into a “hamam” (public bath). Reacting also to BJP national president J P Nadda’s comment that family-run parities, including the Shiv Sena, will perish, Thackeray on Monday said that after seeing the condition of the Congress today, those in power must not boast.

On Monday, Thackeray visited Raut’s Bhandup home and met Raut’s mother and wife. “There’s a dialogue in the film Pushpa - ‘jhukega nahi.’ But the real Shiv Sainik who won’t bow down is Sanjay Raut. Those who used to say they won’t bend are all on the other side today. This is not the direction shown by Balasaheb. Raut is a true Shiv Sainik,” he said.