After a bitter public spat over the “Hanuman Chalisa” controversy, Shiv Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut and the Rana-couple — Ravi Rana and Navneet Kaur Rana —bonded well in the cool climate of Ladakh, setting aside the political differences.
So much so that Raut and Ravi Rana, husband of Navneet Rana, broke bread at Leh on Thursday.
A twitter user posted a photograph of Raut and Ravi having breakfast together and exchanging pleasantries. “In Leh today Sanjay Raut & Ravi Rana Husband of MP Navneet Rana. Cute Na ?,”Sameet Thakkar tweeted.
Raut and Navneet Kaur Rana, who are Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha members, respectively, are part of the Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs that is currently on a visit to Leh, the largest town in the union territory of Ladakh.
While Navneet Rana is an Independent MP from Amravati, her husband Ravi Rana is a three-time MLA from Badnera.
As per the regulations, an MP is allowed to take a family member and hence Ravi Rana is accompanying Navneet Rana. Over the last month, Raut and the Ranas have been at loggerheads over trhe latter’s threat to recite “Hanuman Chalisa” in front of chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s private residence “Matoshri” at Bandra in north-west Mumbai.
Ranas were arrested on April 23 for offences registered initially against them under sections 153A (causing enmity between different groups), 34 (common intention) and later under section 124A (sedition) of IPC for challenging the government machinery and making remarks against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in a controversy arising out of their threat to recite “Hanuman Chalisa” in front of Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s Bandra residence.
It may be recalled that during the course of the “Hanuman Chalisa” controversy, Raut had the Rana-couple as “Bunty and Bubbly” and claimed that the BJP was behind the “bogus couple”.