Show of confidence: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut (third from left) at a meeting in Pune on Wednesday. more-inSaying that merely gaining power had never been the Shiv Sena’s aim, Sena MP Sanjay Raut said on Wednesday that the party was fighting for the good of the people by playing the Opposition’s role even while remaining a part of the coalition. Mr. Raut was in the city to meet Sena leaders and workers in Pimpri, Chinchwad and Bhosari after the party’s decision to go it alone in the 2019 Parliamentary and Assembly polls. “The Sena has always been, and will continue to remain, an aggressive political force to reckon with. “The Sena has deteriorated from being a ‘tiger’ during the time of the late Bal Thackeray to being a tortoise in the shell.

Source: The Hindu January 24, 2018 18:56 UTC