Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has written to US President Donald Trump over reports that he congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi following the outcome of the West Bengal Assembly elections.

In a post on X, Raut stated that the elections were a state-level issue within India’s federal democratic structure and said that any external endorsement appeared “premature and misplaced.” He stressed that matters related to state elections should remain part of India’s internal democratic process.