Last updated:February 12, 2025, 22:26 IST
Sanjay Raut has had trouble with Sharad Pawar, who defeated Shiv Sena and will be awarding the prestigious award to “traitor” Eknath Shinde, the person in charge of defeating the MVA government in 2022.

Sanjay Raut criticizes the decision to award Eknath Shinde of Sharad Pawar. (PTI)
The opposition India Bloc suffered a major setback after the defeat of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi, 27 years later, as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed a comeback in the capital. When it was picking up the piece it received another imminent line in Maharashtra.
A rift emerged between veteran politicians Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) after Maha Vikas Agadi (MVA) leadership disrupted the Uddhav Thackeray camp. We will overthrow the MVA government in 2022.
Pawar awarded the Shinde to Mahaji Sinde Rashtra Gaurav Praskar at the 98th Duck Baltya Marathi Sahitya Samilan in Delhi, NDTV reported. This gesture captured the wrath of Shiv Sena (UBT).
In the first direct attack on Uddhav Sena’s Pawar, Raut should not have attended the event as Sinde overthrew the Uddhav Thackeray-led government. “Giving such honor to someone we consider to be Maharashtra’s enemy is a shock to Maharashtra’s pride. Pawar must have thought differently, but such politics were the ones in Maharashtra. It’s not going well,” Raut said.
“It is not right to give a prize to a traitor,” he argued. Pawar Saheb, we understand politics too,” observed Raut. He argued that not only Pawar enriched the Sinde, but also Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister.
“We have a good relationship…”: Cinde, Pawar praise each other
During the event, Pawar and Shinde also said good things about each other. Pawar said that Shinde was one of the leaders who played an important role in taking Thane’s politics in the right direction, but the deputy commercial said he has a good relationship with senior Pawar.
Working on the event, Sinde said that Pawar is the son-in-law of former cricketer Sadasif Sinde. “I have a good relationship with Pawar, but he’s not spewing tight at me. I’m sure he won’t make me googly either in the future,” he said the Hindustan Times. It was quoted as
He also said he praised him for being in contact with Sharad Pawar and maintaining a relationship that transcends political boundaries. Pawar also said that Shinde had no hostility towards the opposition and resolved the people’s problems.
“Eknath Shinde is one of the current leaders whose name comes first among several others who are familiar with the problems faced by rapid urbanization,” Pawar said at the event. .
However, Raut continues his attack on the NCP leader, saying, “Sharad Pawar has false information about Thane. Eknath Shinde comes late in politics and then Thane’s degradation began.”
Maharashtra’s ruling alliance responds to Raut’s remarks
Meanwhile, BJP Chief Chandrashe Kalbankul of Maharashtra said that the NCP (SP) president has approved, in a way, that Shiv Sena chief did a much better job as a commercial than Uddhav Thackeray. . Bawankule said it took Pawar to realize that Thackeray had damaged the nation, but Shinde set it on a path of progress.
In response to Raut’s remarks, BJP leader Shaina NC said he has “disappeared mental balance.” Shiv Sena (Shinde) MP Naresh Mhaske also denounced Raut for politicizing the situation.
“Who is he against NCP (SP) Chief Sharadpawar?
Members of the NCP (Sharad Pawar Faction) have also returned to Raut with his comments about the veteran leader. Amol Kolhe said that Sharad Pawar has set political ideals by continuing to exist in the program, and that Raut may be expressing his personal opinion. “He showed politics that didn’t bring politics to everything. I don’t think there’s a problem with that. He’s the president of the event (reception committee),” he said.
NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar said that Raut’s response is surprising given that Maharashtra has a civilized political tradition of Yashwantrao Chavan and Bal Thackeray, and his hastily He said the response was to muddy the politics of the BJP state and try to undermine Maharashtra’s pride.