Congress not a sinking ship, says Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) person Sanjay Raut connected Saturday (June 13, 2026) said the Congress was not a sinking ship, and reiterated that the leaders who formed abstracted parties aft quitting the expansive aged enactment successful the past, indispensable unite again to marque it stronger.

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He appealed to NCP (SP) main Sharad Pawar to instrumentality an inaugural successful this direction, saying everyone indispensable travel unneurotic to springiness a combat against the "perverted" authorities of the BJP.

Mr. Raut's remarks travel a time aft Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis dubbed the Congress arsenic a sinking ship, and said a omniscient idiosyncratic would ne'er committee it.

Talking to reporters successful Pune, Mr. Raut said, "If we genuinely privation to combat against the perverted authorities of the BJP, everyone indispensable unite. The Congress enactment indispensable go stronger. All the leaders who had near the Congress should archetypal travel together. If elder person Sharad Pawar takes an initiative, it would beryllium possible. We are a determination enactment and we volition basal with you."

"Even today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is acrophobic of the Congress. Congress was ne'er a sinking ship," the Sena (UBT) spokesperson added.

Hitting retired astatine the BJP, Mr. Raut said, "Show adjacent 1% of the enactment that the BJP has really done. They were neither portion of the state struggle, nor did they instrumentality portion successful the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement. They were obscurity during these movements. These are cowardly people."

When asked astir the reports of discontent among Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs amid talks of 'Operation Tiger', helium said, "Operation Tiger has been carried retired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah a 100 times. Breaking governmental parties and their leaders demonstrates perversion of democracy. This perversion has reached its highest nether the existent BJP leadership. However, it volition besides extremity 1 day. There volition beryllium a revolt against this benignant of perversion successful some the authorities and the country,” the Rajya Sabha subordinate said.

'Operation Tiger' refers to an alleged governmental strategy and bid of maneuvers reportedly led by the ruling Shiv Sena aimed astatine poaching the leaders from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT).

Mr. Raut besides accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of functioning similar an cause of the BJP.