Shiv Sena MLA writes to Uddhav Thackeray to reconcile with BJP ‘before it is too late’

Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik who is under the Enforcement Directorates scanner for alleged money laundering has urged Maharashtra Chief Minister and Sena president Uddhav Thackeray to reconcile with the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi before it is too late saying such a move will save leaders like him from problems being created by Central agenciesIn his June 10 letter addressed to Thackeray Sarnaik alleged the Congress and NCP which are constituents in the Senaled Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government were weakening the saffron party by creating divisions in its ranks and also pointed out that civic polls are due in many cities including Mumbai in coming monthsSarnaik an MLA from Thane city also stated that even though the alliance with the BJP has broken personal and harmonious relations between leaders of the yuti Shiv SenaBJP remainAlso Read MVA alliance for 5 years not permanent fixture Maharashtra Congress chief Nana PatoleIt is better to reconcile before it is too late the MLA said in the letterAs the letter caused a flutter the Congress reacted cautiously saying it was an internal matter of the Sena while NCP state unit president Jayant Patil said he did not know any Shiv Sena workers crossing over to the Congress or NCP in MaharashtraMaharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil said Sarnaik reiterated what the BJP has been saying from the last 18 months about allying with the Sena againNotably the Sena had allied with the NCP and Congress to form the MVA government in November 2019 after the Uddhav Thackerayled party fell out with the BJP after the Maharashtra Assembly polls over the post of the chief ministerIn November last year the ED had raided premises linked to Sarnaik in Maharashtra in connection with a money laundering case being probed against a security service provider company and othersThe Shiv Sena had then called the raids a political vendetta and said the Maharashtra government or its leaders will not surrender to pressure from anyoneSarnaik also said that municipal corporation polls are due soon in several cities including MumbaiI believe fighting a war like Arjun instead of sacrificing oneself like Abhimanyu or Karna of the epic Mahabharat This is the reason that I have been fighting my legal battle for the last seven months alone without getting any help from our leaders or our government he wroteSarnaik also alleged that Congress and NCP were creating divisions in the Shiv Sena ranksIt is better to join hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi again as Shiv Sainiks feel that it would save the Sena leaders like me Anil Parab and Ravindra Waikar from problems caused by the Central agencies he saidNotably former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya had accused the three Sena leaders of indulging in corrupt practicesThough Sarnaik did not name Somaiya in his letter he said a leader who has become a former MP because of the Sena is maligning the partySarnaik also claimed that Shiv Sena MLAs feel only the work of Congress and NCP legislators is being done and not of those from his partyShiv Sena MLAs wonder whether the MVA has been formed by breaking the alliance with the BJP to help the Congress and NCP grow he wonderedSarnaik further said that while CM Thackeray was focusing on COVID19 eradication and staying away from playing politics the Congress was talking of going alone in the next elections and the NCP was busy breaking Shiv Sena workers and inducting them into the Sharad Pawarled partyReacting to Sarnaiks letter Somaiya said the Sena MLA seems to be worried about jail now and so he has asked CM Thackeray to join hands with PM Modi and the BJPAll corrupt leaders of the Shiv Sena Pratap Sarnaik Anil Parab Ravindra Waikar will have to be in jail the BJP leader said in a statementSomaiya also said he had lodged a complaint at a police station in Thane about Sarnaik missing from his constituency for the last 100 daysSpeaking to reporters Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole said it was an internal matter of the Shiv Sena The Congress doesnt react to internal matters of other parties he saidWhat Sarnaik is saying now we have been saying it for the last 18 months Shiv Senas rise in politics is due to its opposition to the Muslim appeasement policy of Congress and NCP You Sena went to these parties for power Uddhav Thackeray will take a call on Sarnaiks letter Chandrakant Patil saidShiv Sena MP and chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut said the key point in the letter is that Sarnaik and others are being unnecessarily harassed by investigating agencies Who is doing that harassment is the question he saidJayant Patil of NCP saidNowhere in Maharashtra workers of the Sena have crossed over to the Congress or the NCP We will have to check if such an attempt to break away Sena workers was made in Sarnaiks constituencyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday 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