<p>A day after Uddhav Thackeray group’s chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut came out with a sensational charge that Rs 2,000 crore changed hands to secure the Shiv Sena symbol and name by the Eknath Shinde camp, the BJP on Monday sought a probe and action against the Rajya Sabha member. </p>.<p>Senior BJP leader and former Lok Sabha MP Kirit Somaiya has shot off a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar.</p>.<p>Somaiya wanted to know why in its Supreme Court petition, the Uddhav Thackeray group did not mention this allegation. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/dissolve-election-commission-uddhav-thackeray-1193096.html"><strong>Also read: Dissolve Election Commission, says Uddhav Thackeray</strong></a></p>.<p>Drawing attention to the charge, Somaiya wrote: “…Raut has stated to the media that it is a Rs 2,000 crore scam, money transferred….I strongly object to such charges. I request the EC to take proper action.” </p>.<p>However, the journalist-politician reiterated the charge in an editorial in Saamana, the mouthpiece of the Shiv Sena (UBT).</p>.<p>"The Election Commission treated the whole issue like a property deal and handed over Shiv Sena, nurtured by Thackeray, to those who are licking the boots of Delhi,” the editorial said.</p>
<p>A day after Uddhav Thackeray group’s chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut came out with a sensational charge that Rs 2,000 crore changed hands to secure the Shiv Sena symbol and name by the Eknath Shinde camp, the BJP on Monday sought a probe and action against the Rajya Sabha member. </p>.<p>Senior BJP leader and former Lok Sabha MP Kirit Somaiya has shot off a letter to Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar.</p>.<p>Somaiya wanted to know why in its Supreme Court petition, the Uddhav Thackeray group did not mention this allegation. </p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/dissolve-election-commission-uddhav-thackeray-1193096.html"><strong>Also read: Dissolve Election Commission, says Uddhav Thackeray</strong></a></p>.<p>Drawing attention to the charge, Somaiya wrote: “…Raut has stated to the media that it is a Rs 2,000 crore scam, money transferred….I strongly object to such charges. I request the EC to take proper action.” </p>.<p>However, the journalist-politician reiterated the charge in an editorial in Saamana, the mouthpiece of the Shiv Sena (UBT).</p>.<p>"The Election Commission treated the whole issue like a property deal and handed over Shiv Sena, nurtured by Thackeray, to those who are licking the boots of Delhi,” the editorial said.</p>