Sanjay Raut mocks Shinde’s Shiv Sena as a test-tube baby

Raut’s remarks follow a tense anniversary week in Mumbai, where both factions held separate events to mark the party’s founding. During a press conference, the UBT MP suggested he send DNA samples to biology professors to investigate how a group formed four years ago could retroactively claim a sixty-year legacy. He characterized the Shinde camp as a political entity where Amit Shah functions as both mother and father, mocking the legitimacy of their claims to Balasaheb Thackeray’s heritage.

The rhetoric sharpened over rumors of further defections, dubbed Operation Tiger by some, but dismissed by Raut as a simple market transaction. He claimed that the six MPs reportedly considering a shift to the Shinde camp were merely auctioned off to the highest bidder. In response to the exodus, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde countered that the UBT faction had abandoned the original ideology for the sake of political power, arguing that a legacy is built through governance rather than mere name recognition. As the internal rift deepens, Uddhav Thackeray has vowed that he will never surrender the party to what he termed a group of thieves.