Mumbai, June 15 (UNI) Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday lashed out at Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, accusing him of having started preparations to win upcoming municipal elections with corrupt means just as he won the state assembly elections by cheating.

Comparing Fadnavis to a 'madari' (street performers who used to perform tricks with trained animals like monkeys or bears), the Sena-UBT leader alleged that he has power, money, builder lobby with him and hence, he can commit corruption and can make everyone dance.

But Thackeray brand is the brand of Mumbai and Maharashtra, and no one be it (Narendra) Modi-(Amit) Shah or even Fadnavis, can finish this brand, he said and asserted that Thackeray brand is invincible.

"No matter how Modi, Shah and Fadnavis have brought and raised money from a big builder lobby, they cannot compete with this brand," he said.

If one leaves politics aside, then people still have immense respect for party founder Bal Thackeray and his family because the Thackeray family has sacrificed and fought for Maharashtra and the Marathi people, he argued.

"The assembly elections were won by cheating. Similar preparations are underway for the municipal elections, but people are wise," added Raut.

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