Raut holds talks with Tikait, says Sena to fight 50-100 UP seats
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Raut holds talks with Tikait, says Sena to fight 50-100 UP seats
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Mumbai: Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Thursday met farmers’ leader Rakesh Tikait in Muzaffarnagar ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Sena sources said that the party had reached out to Tikait as it hopes to make an electoral foray in Uttar Pradesh and dent the prospects of its former ally, the BJP, reports Chaitanya Marpakwar.The Shiv Sena had last week said that it would contest the assembly elections in Goa and UP. Sanjay Raut said that the Sena was hoping to stitch a Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in Goa. “I discussed serious problems and issues faced by farmers of UP and the political situation in the country. The burning issues of farmers of western Uttar Pradesh, too, figured prominently. Shiv Sena is committed to delivering justice to farmers,” Raut said on Twitter. Raut said that the Shiv Sena plans to field around 50 to 100 candidates in UP, including in Ayodhya and Mathura. He said that the Sena would not be part of any alliance.
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The Times of India
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2022-01-14
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Mumbai