Maha: Sanjay Raut blames Amit Shah for snapping alliance with undivided Shiv Sena
He claimed that when Shah came to Delhi, the gap between BJP and undivided Shiv Sena started to open.
He said that BJP leader late Arun Jaitley had tried to convince Shah against creating a gap between two parties and told Shah that Shiv Sena is their old party friend, but he did not budge on his decision, he alleged.
Raut said that Jaitley, who was ill at that time, had also told him that he tried to explain to Shah twice, but in vain.
The Shiv Sena MP also accused BJP and Shah of resorting to a brutal way to destroy the opposition parties in the country.
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