After Kolhapur royal Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati, a direct descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji, pulled out of the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls decrying the “betrayal” by the ruling Shiv Sena, Sena MP Sanjay Raut called upon his father, Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, in Kolhapur.
While Mr. Sambhajiraje, an important Maratha community leader, had accused Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray of “breaking his word” by failing to support his candidature, his father Chhatrapati Shahu contradicted his son by remarking that he ought to have met all leaders of the ruling tripartite Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) if he had wanted to contest for the Rajya Sabha election as an independent.
Mr. Shahu Maharaj had further admonished his son by remarking that if Mr. Sambhajiraje was confident of his win, then he should not have announced that he was floating a new political outfit (to be called ‘Swarajya’).
