Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP, has claimed that Home Minister Amit Shah asked Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde to merge his party with BJP to keep his claim on the CM's post intact. Raut said, "Shah told him that with...BJP winning 132 seats in the assembly elections, it was not possible to accept a non-BJP leader as the CM."