"The chief minister has maintained from the beginning that things will be unlocked in a phased manner...you can impose 50 per cent restrictions on restaurants while reopening them, but it is not possible in the case of temples," he said.
"The states chief minister is speaking to organisations representing all religions. Soon, the chief minister will take a decision on it," Raut said.
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"Discussion is on about contesting the Bihar polls. Our people in Bihar want us to fight 50 seats. But, we are saying that we should contest 30 to 40 seats. A decision on it will be taken today or tomorrow," he said.
Asked if the Shiv Sena will field a candidate against former Bihar director general of police Gupteshwar Pandey (if he contests), Raut cryptically said, "Keep watching."
"I will go to Bihar. Will answer this when I will go there, he added.
Pandey, while heading the Bihar Police force, had pitched for a CBI probe into actor Sushant Singh Rajputs death case.
He took voluntary retirement from service last month and joined the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U).