Sanjay Raut appointed as Shiv Sena's chief spokesperson

The Shiv Sena has appointed Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut as the chief spokesperson.

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray announced the list of party spokespersons. Sanjay Raut has been appointed as the Chief Spokesperson. Along with him, Uddhav Thackeray has also appointed 10 spokespersons. These include MP Arvind Sawant, Kolhapur MP Dhairyashil Mane, MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, MLA Neelam Gorhe, Minister Gulabrao Patil, Transport Minister Anil Parab, Minister Uday Samant, MLA Sunil Prabhu, MLA Pratap Saranaik and Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar.

In 2014, the Sena had dropped Raut including others and appointed new faces. However, after the assembly elections in 2019,  Sena took centrestage in the state, Sanjay Raut was at the forefront during the post-assembly election crisis, playing a major role in bringing Sena, NCP, and Congress together to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi.