Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut claimed Eknath Shinde is so desperate to become CM that he has offered to merge Shiv Sena with BJP. Raut alleged that Shinde told Amit Shah that the ongoing efforts to intensify Marathi unity would hurt his party. "Shinde informed Shah that making him the CM will be a solution for this," Raut claimed.