Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said that the era of Eknath Shinde's rule was over. A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party unanimously picked Devendra Fadnavis for the top post in Maharashtra, Raut accused the saffron party of using Shinde and tossing him aside.
"Shinde era is over. It was just for two years. His usage is now over and he has been tossed aside. Shinde will never be the CM of this state again," Raut was quoted as saying by news reports.
Raut also accused the BJP of using its political strategy to weaken and dismantle parties that align with them.
Devendra Fadnavis, whose party BJP emerged as the single-largest party with 132 seats, will be sworn in as Chief Minister on Thursday.
Eknath Shinde would take oath as the deputy CM alongside Ajit Pawar.