Sanjay Raut
Sanjay Raut
Born/Date of Birthday: 15 November 1961
Place of Birth: Alibag, Maharashtra, India
Nationality: Indian
Political party: Shiv Sena
Spouse(s): Varsha Raut (m. 1993)
Relations: Sunil Raut (brother)
Children: 2
Alma mater: Mumbai University
Occupation: Politician, journalist, film producer
Sanjay Rajaram Raut (born 15 November 1961) is an Indian politician from Shiv Sena party. He is a member of the Parliament of India representing Maharashtra in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is also the Executive Editor of Marathi newspaper Saamana, published by Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena party leader.
Sanjay Raut is also the writer of Thackeray, a biopic about Bal Thackeray, the founder of Shiv Sena, released in 2019.
Controversies
After the arrest of the two girls who posted and liked a comment on Facebook about their view of Mumbai shutting down after the death of Bala Saheb Thackeray, he justified saying "We support the police's action, the Facebook comments could have led to a law and order situation."
In April 2015, he made controversy by saying the voting rights of Muslims should be revoked for some years to ensure the community is not used for vote bank politics. In the newspaper Saamna, he wrote in a column, "Till Muslims are used as vote-banks, they have no future. This is why Bal Thackeray had demanded that Muslims' voting rights be taken away."