'Hanuman too gives some wins': Sanjay Raut's quip at BJP in Saamana after Delhi debacle

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut continued his barr of stinging jibes at ex-ally BJP over latter's disastrous loss in Delhi Assembly saying that Lord Hanuman "too gives some wins", in reference to Arvind Kejriwal's revelation that he is lord's devotee. In a Sunday editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamana, Raut held that Delhi polls proved, BJP is t invincible and listed out his observations of party's debacle.

" result of Delhi Assembly elections has shown that Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Shah are t invincible. Secondly, voters are t dishonest. A whirlwind of religion is created, but y do t flow into it. Ram is victory of faith but Hanuman too gives some wins. This happened in Delhi," Sanjay Raut said in his column. "BJP collapsed like a bungalow made of cards," he added.

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'BJP's balloon has started exploding', NRI told Raut

Raut also narrated his experience of day results of Delhi polls were declared. "I had landed in Uzbekistan when Delhi Assembly election result was anunced. Outside Tashkent Airport, two Indians, who have been living re for 15 years, said to me, 'BJP's balloon has started exploding. Lord Ram is also t ready to help m'. This is t surprising when an Indian, who lives on foreign soil, says." In a tweet on Saturday, Sanjay Raut shared a photo of him standing near a bust of former PM Lal Bahadur Shastri in Uzbek capital Tashkent.

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Reasons for BJP's unsuccessful bid for power

Sanjay Raut went on to make some scathing observations that he said led to BJP's unsuccessful bid for power in national capital. He said that burden of winning election was placed on PM Narendra Modi's shoulders that proved to be unsuccessful. Next, Raut said Amit Shah put everything in pit to win this contest, even missing parliament sessions to campaign in polls, but people turned him down.

Raut held that BJP hurled jibes like 'terrorist' and 'anarchist' against Arvind Kejriwal and even went on to ridicule him for being a 'Hanuman devotee', but this eventually helped AAP in polls. Citing AAP's solid performance in constituencies across communal lines, editorial said, "Kejriwal was voted by Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Dalits and Sikhs. Voters did t listen to country's popular PM and strong home minister."

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Livelihood matters more

"Ram temple, Article 370, Kashmir, surgical strike, se issues were firmly held by BJP. But until end, issue of livelihood proved to be important and people put Kejriwal on lead. one who will t vote for BJP is a traitor, BJP campaigners were saying this. Delhi is capital of country, Delhi voted against BJP," Saamana editorial concluded.

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