Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said had senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde been alive the current political scenario in Maharashtra would have been different.

The late Munde, the OBC stalwart from the Marathwada region, and Pramod Mahajan were considered as architects of the alliance between Shiv Sena and BJP which formed their first combined government in Maharashtra in 1995. Munde had held the post of Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra in 1995–1999.