Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Sanjay Raut Predicts Modi Government’s Fall Amid Delhi Protest Restrictions
Sanjay Raut criticised the government over efforts to stop people from reaching a protest in Delhi.
He said police and roadblocks were being used to keep protesters away.
He also claimed many vehicles were stranded and train and flight services had stopped, but the reports did not independently confirm those claims.
Raut called the protest a people’s uprising and predicted the government would fall by March or April.
He criticised the treatment of students who were protesting and told police not to follow orders he considered illegal.
One report said protest organiser Abhijit Dipke was detained at Delhi airport.
Raut said he and Uddhav Thackeray planned to join the protest on Sunday.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut accused the Centre of using police deployment and blockades to stop people reaching a Delhi protest.
Raut claimed around 15,000 vehicles were stranded and train and flight services suspended; the claims were not independently verified in the reports.
He predicted the Narendra Modi government would fall by March-April and said it would not survive beyond six months.
Raut criticised action against protesting students and urged police not to obey orders he considered illegal.
Raut said he and Uddhav Thackeray would join the protest from Sunday; a separate report said CJP chief Abhijit Dipke was detained at Delhi airport.
- Who
- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, Uddhav Thackeray, and protesters; one report also names CJP chief Abhijit Dipke.
- What
- Raut accused the Centre of restricting access to a Delhi protest and predicted the Modi government would fall.
- When
- Raut spoke on Saturday and said he and Uddhav Thackeray would join from Sunday; he forecast a fall by March-April.
- Where
- Raut spoke to reporters in Pune about a protest in Delhi; Abhijit Dipke was reportedly detained at Delhi airport.
- Why
- Raut said authorities were preventing people from joining the protest, which one report described as being against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
Raut’s allegations
Reported information and verification
Restrictions on protesters
Raut’s allegations
Raut said authorities were using restrictions, force, police deployment, and blockades to prevent people from reaching the Delhi protest.
Reported information and verification
The reports relay his accusations but do not provide a response from the Centre or independently establish the scale of restrictions.
Transport disruption
Raut’s allegations
Raut claimed around 15,000 vehicles were stranded and trains and flights had been suspended.
Reported information and verification
The reports attribute these figures and service-disruption claims to Raut and do not independently verify them.
Government’s political future
Raut’s allegations
Raut predicted the Modi government would fall by March-April and said a national government would be established.
Reported information and verification
The reports present this as Raut’s prediction, not as a confirmed outcome or forecast supported by other evidence.
- Speaker
- Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP
- Press conference location
- Pune
- Protest location
- Delhi
- Raut’s forecast
- He predicted the Modi government would fall by March-April and said it would not survive six months.
- Travel disruption claim
- Raut claimed around 15,000 vehicles were stranded and train and flight services suspended; these claims were not independently verified in the reports.
- Planned participation
- Raut said he and Uddhav Thackeray would join the protest from Sunday.
- Reported detention
- A separate report said CJP chief Abhijit Dipke was detained at Delhi airport on Saturday.
- Vote allegation
- Raut alleged the ruling establishment benefited from vote theft, without providing evidence at the press conference.
