Uddhav Thackeray

Government should show the list of farmers, who have got benefitted from loan waiver. Farmers' loan of Rs 39 lakh crore was waived off. So, why is government hiding their names?

If the administration is going to be run according to the PM whims, one wonders if there is democracy left in the country.

I had never dreamed of leading the state.

Vallabhbhai Patel was known as the Iron Man of India, and it is said that if he was the Prime Minister then the issue of Kashmir wouldn't have come about. And if Savarkar was the Prime Minister, Pakistan wouldn't have come into existence.

I am still with the ideology of Hindutva which cannot be separated from me.

We have always pointed out discrepancies in the government. It was not for my personal benefit but for the people.

If Narendra Modi can hug Nawaz Sharif then what is wrong in Hardik Patel meeting me?

I had a soft corner about 'the' original BJP of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L.K. Advani's... It also had leaders like Pramod Mahajan, Gopinath Munde. The leaders had some ideology and thoughts.

The people do not want Congress and BJP too.

I will not tolerate killing of trees in the dead of the night.

Shivsainiks have a different makeup. If they are asked to fight, they fight like anything but when they love, they love from the heart.

I am not going to quit politics until I fulfill the promise made to Balasaheb of making a Shiv Sainik the chief minister of Maharashtra. I will do it.

Acts and laws are for people. People are not for Acts and laws. Acts and laws should be simple.

There is hardly any coordination between the Centre's Make In India and Start-Up India schemes and demonetization.

I was never under pressure of power.

Politicization of Sushant Singh Rajput's death was cheap politics... worse than perversity.

One knows their capacity to fulfill promises. It should be taken into account before promising the voters.

During elections, if one says I do not promise anything to the voter, then he won't give his valuable vote. But while promising the voters, things that cannot be fulfilled should not be promised.

Balasaheb Thackeray's teachings have been that defeat is better than false promises.

All the issues the Shiv Sena took up were for the people.

I am not chowkidar. I was born a Shiv Sainik, so I am sainik.

No decision by Balasaheb went wrong. He was the first to demand reservation on financial grounds. But then a few did not agree with him. If his views were agreed then, the clashes between the castes would not have arrived.

The Congress doesn't have the leadership. What exactly is Rahul Gandhi doing is the question... sometimes he says something good, at times he makes a mess.

I never said finish the Congress, because the opposition is needed... I do not have such petty imaginations.

There should be a policy on whether Chinese companies should be allowed to do business in the country.

If you cannot fulfill the aspirations of people, what is the difference between you and the previous government?

I can't be seen as someone who lies.

During Lok Sabha elections, Amit Shah and Fadnavis came to me. During talks, I was given offer of deputy CM post. I said I am not so helpless. I have given a promise to Balasaheb that a Maharashtra CM will be from Shiv Sena. So I did not agree and stayed firm.

Maharashtra knows what Thackeray family is. Devendra Fadnavis has accused me of lying. Even if Amit Shah and company accuses me of lying, people knows who is lying and who tells the truth.

Shiv Sena is taking on the government for people's issues and not for self- interest. We will continue to fight with the government on the issues concerning common people.

The Shiv Sena will fight alone and win.

I have learnt a lot of things from Devendra Fadvanis and I will always be friends with him.

Like my father Bal Thackeray, those Muslims who consider India their motherland, respect the laws of this country, don't ignite riots and live amicably, we have nothing against them - as far as the others, they have no right to live in India.

We will always miss Balasaheb, but I will work hard to ensure that his absence is not felt politically.

My focus is just to defeat the Congress-NCP combine, nothing else. We will do everything to keep them out of power.

The Shiv Sena is the only voice of the people of Maharashtra.

Sharad Pawar has taught us how to raise farm productivity and also how to form a government with less number of MLAs in the legislative assembly.

I am finding out how parties with different ideologies forged alliances with the BJP. I want to question BJP on ideology - how they came together with Nitish Kumar, Paswan, PDP and Naidu.

I would like a bullet train which connects my state capital and the second capital.

People have seen the Shiv Sena and the BJP for the past 30 years. For 25 years, we stood united, there was confusion for five years. But like Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said, I still provided guidance to government from time to time.

The government did not wait for any court order on the issue of Triple Talaq or demonetization. So, why wait for the court's order for the Ram Mandir?

It is not important to have a big chest. But you should have a heart in your chest.

The BJP broke its alliance with us as they were hungry for power. They wanted to rule the state like they are ruling the country, after getting a majority in Lok Sabha elections. They thought they can divide Maharashtra if they are in power with a majority here. But the Sena will never let that happen.

It is true that the Thackerays have never fought elections. But we have never backed out from responsibilities.

Shiv Sena and BJP have the same ideology of Hindutva.

We suffered a lot by mixing religion with the politics.

There is no need to fear or have confusion about the Covid-19 vaccine.

Governments change but the system doesn't. One needs to believe in the system.

I am not against the state government. I am pro-people... Whenever the government goes wrong, I will speak up for the people of the state.

Whenever I or the Sena make our views known, we are dubbed anti-government.