Nitish Kumar at the moment dumped the grand alliance in Bihar to return to the NDA fold (File)

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JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar’s identify was by no means mentioned for any lead place within the INDIA Bloc, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut claimed on Sunday.

On a day when Nitish Kumar dumped the grand alliance in Bihar to return to the NDA fold, Sanjay Raut stated the “mental health” of the Bihar chief minister and the BJP shouldn’t be good.

“You have the wrong information. Nitish Kumar’s name was never in the lead in the INDI alliance (for any position). Given that the mental state of these two (BJP and Nitish Kumar) is not well, they should not play any games on the political ground,” he instructed reporters.

Notably, NCP chief Sharad Pawar had just lately stated that in a digital assembly of INDIA bloc leaders, Nitish Kumar’s identify was steered for the submit of convenor, however the latter was of the view {that a} crew of celebration chiefs must be fashioned and that there is no such thing as a have to appoint a convenor.

Sanjay Raut used the Kabaddi analogy to say that the NCP led by Sharad Pawar and the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) would win the 2024 elections.

“Kabaddi was the favourite sport of (late) Balasaheb Thackeray. Even Sharad Pawar has done great work in sports such as Kabaddi and wrestling. When these two parties are coming together, we will surely win the 2024 elections,” he added.

Speaking on the Maratha quota agitation, the Rajya Sabha member stated Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and quota chief Manoj Jarange are the 2 key individuals.

“The Chief Minister will obviously congratulate Manoj Jarange because the subject is between those two persons. Currently, a study and a survey are underway about the Maratha reservation,” he added.

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