Projecting a picture of "all is well" in the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, the chief minister made a direct attack on Sena leader Sanjay Raut, the Executive Editor of party mouthpiece 'Saamana', which has been highly critical of the BJP, and especially the chief minister.
With the Sena-BJP severing ties for the Kalyan-Dombivali Municipal Corporation polls, Fadnavis said the saffron alliance will contest the prestigious BMC polls together.
Seeking to drive home the point that everything is fine in the alliance, he said the fact that the decisions at the Cabinet meeting as late as yesterday were taken in unanimity without any bickering or tension.
Singling out Raut for attack, the chief minster said, "We go by the what party leadership says, and not the newspaper ('Saamana'). It is the habit of Sanjay Raut (of attacking the government). Party view is what the party leadership says. No party speaks through editorial."
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