Sanjay Raut

Raut claimed that the media didn't portray similar incidents in other regions of the country with the same fervour.

Raut also questioned the silence of those who targeted the Maharashtra government "as if heavens had fallen" when the illegal construction of an actress was demolished.

Speaking to reporters, Sena MP Sanjay Raut questioned the "hue and cry" generated by certain sections over the demolition of a "house roof" of an actress, an apparent reference to Kangana Ranaut.

"We are also Maharashtrians. We are all proud. But we don’t go and break someone’s house. Is this the way to react? Don’t you have any grace?” asked a division bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and R I Chagla.

Sanjay Raut's comment came a day after Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil said that "there will be no option if no combination works out”, while replying to a query on possibility of mid-term polls in the state.

The senior BJP leader also said his meeting with Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday, which prompted speculation in political circles, was regarding an interview for the Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana'.

Saamana editor and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut met former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis at a luxury hotel in the western suburbs.

The accused, Palash Bose, had claimed himself to be a member of Dawood Ibrahim's gang while making these phone calls, ATS officials said.

Jairam Thakur said Kangana's sister called him on September 5 and her father too formally wrote to the Himachal police, requesting security for his daughter.

Kangana Ranaut's PoK comment came in response to Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut asking her not to return to Mumbai over her derogatory comments attacking the Mumbai Police, stating she feels unsafe in the city.

Lauding Russia for the vaccine, Raut, in his weekly column 'Rokhtokh' in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana', said this was a sign of being a superpower, and added that Indian politicians will not follow Russia's example as a model since "they are in love with America".

In his column for Saamana a few days ago, Raut had alleged that the actor, whose death is being probed by the CBI, was not on good terms with his own family and had strained relations with his father after his second marriage.

Though Raut didn't take any name, he said the Opposition still cannot digest the fact that the Sena-led government is in power in the state.

The NCP, which is one of the constituents in the Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government, said the ceremony is a "matter of joy" for all and that Lord Ram is the deity of Indians.

The two leaders met for about one-and-a-half hours late Monday evening, Raut said while dismissing speculations about the Thackeray-led government's stability.

Maharashtra Cabinet minister and Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray opposed Raut's suggestion, saying grounds of stadiums have mud base and they won't be usable during monsoons.

Welcoming the Rs 20 lakh crore package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Raut demanded that Mumbai get "maximum benefit" from it.

Raising concern over migrant workers setting off for their hometowns on foot, Raut said they were falling sick and some have also died.

Raut said people were not taking the social lockdown seriously as Modi turned the situation of concern and worry into a "festival-like event".

Speaking to a regional news channel, Raut said the coronavirus outbreak would also have a "deep impact" on the country's economy.