Mumbai, March 3 -- Bharatiya Janata Party chief spokesperson Navnath Ban on Tuesday criticised Sanjay Raut, advising him to focus on preventing a split in votes within Shiv Sena UBT during the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections instead of commenting on international war situations.

Taking a dig at Raut, Ban said leaders who are unable to resolve internal differences within the Maha Vikas Aghadi and control infighting among its three constituent parties over Rajya Sabha seats have no moral authority to advise Prime Minister Narendra Modi on handling sensitive international conflicts in Gulf nations.

Ban said that rather than speaking about Iran-US tensions and suggesting diplomatic interventions by the Prime Minister, Raut should concentrat...