Shiv Sena leader Vinayak Raut lashed out at Union minister Narayan Rane, claiming that the latter had joined the BJP after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) launched an inquiry against him.

Speaking to reporters, the Sena's Lok Sabha member also sought to know what happened to various allegations that BJP leader Kirit Somaiya had levelled against Rane when the latter was in the Congress party. Rane started his political career in Shiv Sena and was chief minister for less than a year in the Sena-BJP dispensation that ruled Maharashtra during 1995-99. He later joined the Congress and became a state minister.