'Sena proposed Shinde for chief minister's post in 2019, but BJP…': Sanjay Raut

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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of breaking an alliance with the party in 2014...

Speaking to India Today, Raut also alleged that Shiv Sena had proposed Eknath Shindes name for the chief ministerial post in 2019 after the Sena-BJP alliance secured a majority in the Maharashtra Assembly elections..

The Shiv Sena (UBT) leader also attacked the BJP for Prime Minister Narendra Modis 'Quit India' remarks...

The incumbent BJP-Shiv Sena alliance won 161 seats in the alliance and crossed the majority mark needed to form a government..

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