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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray on Monday confirmed that he has got an offer to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), but he has not yet taken a final call on it, here on Monday.. Speaking at a party meeting here, Raj Thackeray -- the estranged cousin of former Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray -- did not reveal who made the offer, or when...
However, he mentioned that he did not take any decision as the Shiv Sena faction of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) group led by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar are part of the Shiv Sena-BJP government in Maharashtra headed by Eknath Shinde...
"As Shinde and Ajit Pawar are with the government, and since the BJP has not clarified what will be done with Ajit Pawar, I have not been able to take any decision on this," Raj Thackeray said...
Ruling Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat and others welcomed Raj Thackeray's statements on the BJP offer and said that if he took it, "that will be beneficial for the MNS" and the three-party alliance in power, while NCP MLA Rohit Pawar, the grand-nephew of Sharad Pawar, rubbished the MNS leader's forecast...
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