‘Build a temple of EVMs in front of RSS headquarters’: Sanjay Raut’s advice for the new Maharashtra government | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday commented on the Mahayuti government’s decision to host the cabinet expansion in Nagpur instead of Mumbai and sarcastically said that they are “a temple of EVMs in front of the RSS headquarters.”
“First of all, the chief minister’s procession will be taken there (in Nagpur). I think before taking away the CM’s procession, they should take out a procession of EVMs and in the first cabinet they should take a decision to build a temple of EVMs in front of the RSS headquarters,” he said when told asked why the cabinet expansion took place in the orange city instead of Mumbai.
Criticizing the delay in government formation despite having a majority, Raut said, “It has been a month since the new government was formed in this state but it is not known who has which department. Murders and rapes take place every day in every village in Maharashtra. , the CM cannot answer this.”

Raut also expressed concern over the rise in crimes such as murders and rapes across Maharashtra, accusing the chief minister of being unable to tackle these issues.
“Anarchy has spread in Maharashtra, this government was formed with EVMs, they have no brain, they have EVMs in their brains,” he said.
The much-awaited cabinet expansion of the Devendra Fadnavis-led Mahayuti government will take place at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on Sunday afternoon, just a day before the winter session of the Maharashtra legislature begins.
The ceremony, which will begin at 3 pm, is significant as it will be the first cabinet expansion in Nagpur since 1991, highlighting Vidarbha’s growing influence in Maharashtra’s political landscape. In that year, Governor C Subramaniam administered oath to Chhagan Bhujbal and other ministers.
The cabinet expansion, which was finalized after three weeks of intense negotiations among the Mahayuti partners, reflects the challenge the BJP faced in balancing power with its allies, the Shiv Sena and the NCP. Despite the BJP’s dominance with 132 seats in the 288-member assembly, the party had to deal with the competing interests of its coalition partners eager to play a key role in the government.