Mumbai, Aug. 13 -- Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP and chief Sena spokesperson, Sanjay Raut, today made a startling revealation that union Home Minister Amit Shah had demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must make him the Deputy Prime Minister, but Modi refused.
He alleged that the Central Election Commission had sold his party's name as well as election symbol to Eknath Shinde for Rs 5,000 crore, under pressure from Amit Shah.
"The Election Commission has sold four political parties so far including the Shiv Sena party, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP, the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC and another party. If the Election Commission is selling parties, how will democracy survive in this country? There is no documentary evidence for ...