Mumbai:
Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray speaks to NDTV on the party's future.
Read the highlights here:
Read the highlights here:
- When my father started he was a cartoonist, and I am an artist, so that is common between us
- My father tried to help people - don't think what he did was politics
- He saw we needed power to work for the people
- No one has worked for Maharashtra as much as the NDA government did
- There must be someone to tell the common man - don't fear, we are with you
- Every party has an image of its own. I don't there is a need to bring about any change
- To work for the people, we need power... power cannot be just for the sake of a post...
- Before MNS split, we were together.. and we were in power
- In politics, 1+1 can be 2 and also 100
- (On reports of relation with Raj Thackeray) Don't trust media reports too much
- Ask Raj and me together (if there can be an alliance). Do I look disappointed ?
- Our main election plank will be development
- We won BMC elections because people saw the work we did
- After independence, each community speaking different languages got their state, each state needs to look after their people
- Now Nitish Kumar is doing good work in Bihar but that did not happen prior to this
- Why don't you target those states that are not doing enough for their own people?
- It is okay if people come, but should we tolerate anything and everything they do?
- People have been here for 100 years, how many people have been beaten up?
- If you are poor, it is the responsibility of your government to give you job, to look after you.
- Will you consider Bangladeshis your own?
- No one leaves their homes by choice. Is it OK for you to go to another city and trouble people there?
- If we were anti- north Indians, we wouldn't have let Bollywood stars stay here.
- We want people who stay here to abide by rules
- Why should I not be proud of being a Marathi or a Hindu? Is Nitish Kumar not proud of being Bihari?
- (On the controversial poem by cop) What Sujata Patil wrote was based on what she saw
- Where is the law? How many people have been arrested?
- We have a very weak govt. Do you see the government anywhere?
- I am not going to run away from controversy
- I will say what I feel is right - will not stop due to fear of controversy
- (On Facebook comment row) Palghar girls' statement could have sparked violence
- (On alliance with NCP) Can the NCP accept our party's line? How can there be an alliance where there hasn't been for so many years
- (On Prime Ministerial candidate) We should all sit together and decide on a name
- Balasaheb had blessed Sushmaji when there was no name discussed
- This cannot be discussed in public- we need to sit inside a room and hear what everyone has to say
- The strategy should be to win, to come out with a new name
- Our equation with the BJP is good. We have not merged but the alliance has been there for over 20 years
- I don't think any political alliance has lasted that long
- Congress has run the country to ruin.
- When Atalji was the PM, there was a feel good campaign?Did you not feel then that the country was progressing?
- There seems to be no direction now. We keep walking but don't know where to go
- (On Aditya Thackeray) I don't believe Aditya has entered politics as yet, he is just handling the youth wing.
- He is taking up specific issues. If he comes into electoral politics, it is his wish.
- People can accept or reject - but why should he not come into politics if he can do good work?
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