Had warned that Sachin Waze could create problems for Maha govt: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday claimed he had warned some party leaders that Sachin Waze the suspended Mumbai police officer who is currently in the NIAs custody could create problems for the Maharashtra governmentRaut also said the Sachin Waze episode taught some lessons to the Shiv Senaled Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government in Maharashtra The Sena NCP and Congress share power in the stateThe National Investigation Agency NIA earlier this month arrested Waze over his alleged role in planting an explosiveladen SUV near industrialist Mukesh Ambanis residence in south Mumbai on February 25He was earlier also suspended in 2004 over the custodial death of Ghatkopar bomb blasts accused Khwaja Yunus and was reinstated into the police force last yearWhen there was plan to reinstate Sachin Waze into the Maharashtra police force I had informed some leaders that he could create problems for us His behaviour and style of working could lead to some troubles for the government Raut told a TV channelThe Rajya Sabha member further said he cannot reveal names of those leaders but they are well aware of my conversation with them Raut said he has been a journalist for some decades and hence knows about Waze A person is not bad but sometimes a particular situation makes him so he saidThis whole incident of Wazes activities and controversies thereafter taught a lesson to the MVA government It was good in a way that it happened and taught us some lessons the Senas chief spokesperson saidOn Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray backing the suspended police officer Raut said they did not have enough information about Waze and his activities The chief minister supported him but with his Wazes activities having surfaced there is no reason to shield the officer he saidOn the speculation in political circles that Union Home Minister Amit Shah met NCP leader Sharad Pawar in Ahmedabad on Saturday Raut said Shah is known for holding several meetings in the Gujarat city with various leadersThere is nothing to raise eyebrows over the rumoured meeting between Sharad Pawar and BJP leader Amit Shah In fact a dialogue between leaders of opposition rival parties is good I am saying this provided they actually met each other in Ahmedabad he saidRaut further said even if Pawar and Shah had met there was nothing to read too much into it If it was really a secret meeting how come it news about it came out he saidRaut also said the threeparty alliance in Maharashtra will not be affected by the outcome of the Assembly polls in West Bengal Tamil Nadu or other statesOn his remark in Sena mouthpiece Saamana where he called Maharashtra NCP leader Anil Deshmukh an accidental home minister Raut said Deshmukh is a gentlemanHe must have gone through a lot of trouble and hardship while handling a crucial portfolio like the home ministry I had even spoken to him and told him that he would face lot of criticism the Sena leader saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever