Maharashtra is in financial crisis: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday expressed hope that the Maharashtra government would be able to secure substantial financial support to help tackle the statersquos ongoing economic difficultiesThe statement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 10th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi The meeting focused on the theme lsquoViksit Rajya for Viksit Bharat2047rsquo outlining a longterm development vision for India as it approaches 100 years of independenceSpeaking at a press conference in Mumbai Raut commented NITI Aayog meetings keep happening for the countrys progress Hopefully the Maharashtra government will bring in maximum funds for the state as it is in a financial crisisHe also took the opportunity to criticise the governmentrsquos response to the recent terror attack in PahalgamRaut said Prime Minister Modi and his people were urging others not to politicise the Pahalgam terror attack Both the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister made this appeal However PM Modi is now the first to politicise the issue himself Same thing happened in Uri and PulwamaSanjay Raut also questioned the Centres commitment to cooperative federalism alleging that central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate ED are being misused as lsquoweaponsrsquo by the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to target opposition leadersReferring to his own experience with ED raids Raut argued that such practices contradict the Union governments appeal for greater cooperation from states in the process of nationbuildingDuring the press conference Raut also highlighted the Supreme Courts recent criticism of the ED regarding its actions in the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation TASMAC case using it to underscore concerns about the agencys conductWhat is new here I am a victim too of ED I have been through that there are several others like me ED is a weapon of the BJP of PM Modi of Home Minister Amit Shah As long as there is ED there is ModiShah and BJP Raut saidCommenting on Rahul Gandhis criticism of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut stood by the Congress MP asserting that there was lsquonothing wrongrsquo in holding the government accountable He also stated that the general public believes Pakistan is not to be trustedGandhi had earlier shared a video clip of Jaishankars interview asserting that lsquoIndias foreign policy has collapsedrsquoPreviously Gandhi had called out Jaishankar accusing him of maintaining silence on the number of aircraft the Indian Air Force lost during Operation Sindoor He said the country lsquodeserves the truthrsquoEAM Jaishankars silence isnt just telling its damning So Ill ask again How many Indian aircraft did we lose because Pakistan knew This wasnt a lapse It was a crime And the nation deserves the truth Gandhi wrote on XResponding to this Raut said What is wrong with the question Rahul Gandhi has asked Every citizen of the country has this question in their mind It is not just the BJPs supporters who have this question The 14 billion people of the country will always believe this that you cannot trust Pakistan That is the first point The second point is what benefit do we have from Trump Trump has only harmed us Our ongoing efforts were focused on fighting terrorism it was not about grabbing land like IsraelRaut emphasized that Rahul Gandhirsquos queries echo the concerns of the common peopleTo eliminate terrorism we started a fight with Pakistan but Trump stopped it Trump caused harm to us If Rahul Gandhi has asked this question then it is the question in the minds of the people The third question he asked is also true Our blood boils our veins carry the blood of patriotism When the sindoor vermilion of 26 women was wiped out our blood boiles he addedHe also criticized the governmentrsquos rhetoric and questioned the response taken against PakistanI have seen that Pakistans Prime Minister has said that they have taken revenge for the defeat of 1971 This is the kind of language they are using What kind of revenge have you taken What courage does it take to use such language In 1971 when Pakistan had to accept defeat during Indira Gandhis time their language was not like this In 1965 under the leadership of Lal Bahadur Shastri we made Pakistan bite the dust yet their language was not like this then But during Prime Minister Modis tenure Sharif is saying that they have taken revenge for 1971 The government should be ashamed Raut saidWith input from ANIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params