Maha: Sanjay Raut attacks Shinde and Ajit Pawar factions, predicts enforced merger with BJP

Mumbai, Nov 3 (UNI) Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader and Member of Parliament Sanjay Raut on Tuesday launched a fierce attack on Maharashtra's ruling factions-the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar and the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-claiming that both groups will ultimately be subsumed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Addressing a media briefing here, Raut seized upon a recent high-level meeting between top NCP leaders and union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, claiming that the splinter outfits are not genuine political parties but "artificial forces created by…