WATCH: Sanjay Raut confronted on Cong neta's 'Keep Uddhav happy or he'll resign' warning

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Monday refused to comment on a statement made by senior Congress leader Yashwantrao Gadakh in which he said Maharashtra ministers were upset over a host of issues ranging from allocated offices, portfolios to bungalows. When Republic TV probed him over it, Raut, rmally quote-happy, chose to t answer and walked away.

Blaming Congress Maharashtra chief Balasaheb Thorat, Gadakh said that if he had objected n to alliance, Congress could have been in Opposition. Warning Thorat and NCP to behave to keep up im, he said that Uddhav Thackeray will resign orwise.

'Behave or Uddhav will resign'

"I asked Balasaheb Thorat wher this government will last. He said we have done this, so let us see how it goes. I said that state ministers from different parties were upset because y did t get proper bungalow, proper portfolio. If Uddhav Thackeray had t taken decision, we would have been in Opposition. But you (Thorat) did t say anything (at that time) and w you are a minister," he said.

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He added, "You wanted good bungalow, good portfolio, good office. What will people watching TV think? I told Thorat that whatever this is we should improve. If you – as in Congress and NCP do t behave properly, n Uddhav Thackeray will resign at any time. He is t a very decisive person."

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BJP claims discontent

Earlier on Sunday, senior BJP leader Narayan Rane stated that 35 of 56 Shiv Sena MLAs were “dissatisfied” with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Issuing a reminder that BJP was single-largest party with 105 seats, he exuded confidence that it would form government in Maharashtra.  Moreover, Rane alleged that current ruling politicians had kwledge about running government.

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Discontent after Cabinet expansion

re has been discontent among Sena-NCP-Congress after expansion of Maharashtra cabinet with Sena MP Sanjay Raut reportedly unhappy as his bror Sunil Raut missed out on a Cabinet berth. Also, senior party MLA Abdul Sattar was initially miffed over getting just a Minister of State position. Apart from this, re is a feeling in Sena camp that NCP has walked away with t only highest number of portfolios but also most important ones as Sena, for example, had to cede Home and Finance portfolio.  Shiv Sena's 13 ministers (10 - cabinet, 3 - MoS), NCP's 13 ministers (10 - cabinet, 3 - MoS) and Congress' 10 ministers (8 - cabinet, 2 - MoS) took oath on December 31 at 12 PM in Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha.

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