Ahead of Maharashtra assembly poll, Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut pokes ally Congress: If you have a CM face, make it public

MUMBAI: In a fresh tiff between Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) over the CM face of the Maha Vikas Aghadi for the assembly polls, Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said that if Congress has a face for the CM's post, then they should make it public.
Raut was responding to state Congress chief Nana Patole's statement that if Sharad Pawar or Uddhav Thackeray make a statement regarding the CM face, they (Congress) would take it seriously, else there is no need to talk about anyone else making claims.Last week, former CM Prithviraj Chavan of Congress said there was a tradition in Maharashtra that in an alliance, the party which wins more seats gets the post of CM and the decision on who will be CM is taken by the top brass of that party. Raut had said that the opposition needs a face and that Maharashtra has always needed a face.
"Nana Patole is right. But after the 2019 elections, I had said that Uddhav Thackeray will become CM... If Patole has any other face for the post of CM, he should say it publicly. I don't mind if Congress has a face for it and makes a public announcement. We will welcome the leader Patole names," Raut said.