The Shiv Sena chief questioned the Opposition’s position on electoral rolls and described the INDIA bloc as a ten-mouthed Ravana whose effigy needed to be burnt. He also said his party and the government would stand by farmers suffering losses due to water scarcity

Addressing a large gathering of party workers, Thackeray said a government should be changed when it stops serving the public interest. He accused the BJP-led Centre of curbing democratic principles and alleged that citizens' basic rights to vote and stage peaceful protests were being taken away