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Shiv Sena (UBT) person Sanjay Raut on Sunday (February 22, 2026) said that, being the largest constituent of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the enactment had the archetypal close to triumph the alliance’s quota of 1 spot successful the Rajya Sabha. He said this backing Aaditya Thackeray’s remarks mentioning the same.
In April, Rajya Sabha stint volition extremity for NCP (SP) main Sharad Pawar, Sena (UBT) person Priyanka Chaturvedi, Fauzia Khan of NCP (SP), Ramdas Athawale of RPI (Athawale), BJP’s Bhagwat Karad, Congress’s Rajani Patil and NCP’s Dhairysheel Patil. The Opposition MVA tin perchance nonstop 1 campaigner to the Upper House of Parliament owed to its reduced strength.
“Mr. Aaditya Thackeray understands authorities and legislative functioning. Last time, Sharad Pawar and Priyanka Chaturvedi were elected. At that time, the concern was different, and we were each unneurotic with higher numbers. Mr. Aaditya Thackeray volition not marque an incorrect statement,” Mr. Raut said arsenic the rationale down his enactment to the Worli MLA.
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Considering the numbers successful the Assembly, the Rajya Sabha spot “belongs” to his party, and “talks volition decidedly hap successful that absorption successful the MVA”, Mr. Aaditya Thackeray had said past week. Mr. Raut clarified that determination was “no inconsistency” successful the party’s basal and pointed retired that the Sena (UBT) was the azygous largest enactment among the Opposition with 20 MLAs. “There is perfectly thing incorrect with what Mr. Aaditya Thackeray said. We are the azygous largest enactment with 20 MLAs. The Congress has 16, and the NCP (SP) has 10. Therefore, whoever gets elected to the Rajya Sabha volition spell arsenic a campaigner of the MVA. As the largest party, the Shiv Sena (UBT) has the archetypal right,” Mr. Raut said.
Initial enactment
Mr. Raut’s existent basal becomes important successful the discourse of his archetypal enactment to Mr. Sharad Pawar, representing the confederation successful the Rajya Sabha. In this regard, Mr. Raut said helium had simply stated that the elder person had expressed a tendency regarding the Rajya Sabha berth.
“I said that arsenic a elder leader, Mr. Sharad Pawar has expressed his wish. He is simply a elder person of the MVA. We volition beryllium unneurotic and marque a corporate decision. But it indispensable archetypal beryllium accepted that arsenic the largest party, Shiv Sena (UBT) has the superior claim,” Mr. Raut said, pointing retired that the NCP (SP) main had not officially declared his candidature from his enactment truthful far.
The MVA enactment was competent to instrumentality an due decision, helium said, adding that radical should not consciousness undue “tension oregon pressure” implicit the evolving governmental concern successful Maharashtra, adding that arithmetic remained crucial.
The Election Commission volition officially notify the polls for 7 Rajya Sabha seats, scheduled for March 16, connected February 26.
The ruling Mahayuti alliance, comprising the BJP, the Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the NCP, has 232 MLAs and tin perchance triumph six seats.
