Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Nitesh Rane slammed Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut saying that his importance in Maharashtra politics is now over. "The gulam who is sitting at Silver Oak with Sharad Pawar is calling other gulam. The NCP who used to give salary to Sanjay Raut has now joined the NDA govt, which means Sanjay Raut's importance in Maharashtra politics is now over," Nitesh Rane said.

"The ones with whom they were with the MVA and at Patna have told now asked him to keep shut. So who is there to listen to him?" Rane added. Speaking about the equations between the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena and the Congress, Rane said that they were never on good terms and it was the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) which was running the alliance.