Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut says BJP will stay but as opposition

Shiv Sena has said a coalition government with the Congress as a major party will come to power in 2024, when general elections are due. Party MP Sanjay Raut  on Saturday said the BJP rule in the country will be put to an end in 2024 and that he does not personally believe what poll strategist Prashant Kishor has predicted about BJP. No government can be formed without the Congress, which is a major and a deeply rooted party in the country. Congress is the main opposition party too. Others are regional parties," Raut said in Pune. 

Raut said the BJP will stay in Indian politics but as an opposition party. BJP claims that it is the world's biggest party. If the world's biggest party loses elections they will become an opposition party. For example, in Maharashtra, the BJP is the main opposition party with 105 MLAs, he said. On the upcoming Assembly elections in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh, Raut said, "Presently we are focusing in Dadra, Nagar Haveli, and Goa. There is still time for UP elections. We are a smaller player in UP but we will contest".