Words matter. These are the best Raj Thackeray Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I am an admirer of Modi’s work from the beginning.
I appeal to Muslims and Hindus, beware of the election plans of the BJP.
The Ram Mandir should be built, but it should not be used as an election plank to divide the society and win votes.
Wherever you go, respect the local culture or you will suffer.
The Shiv Sena says that when it comes to power, they will declare Aarey as a forest. How will they declare it a forest when there won’t be any trees left?
Pakistani and Bangaladeshi infiltrators should be thrown out from the country, and there shouldn’t be any compromise on the issue.
If the government and judiciary start working together then who will raise people’s issues?
Sridevi was a great actor, but what did she do for the country that her body was wrapped in the tricolour?
The Government regularizes illegal slums inhabited by outsiders, but the government workers or policemen do not get permanent house in Mumbai.
When people encroach on forest land and in the periphery of habitats of wild animals, they attack humans.
When there was a Congress government in Maharashtra, no one bothered about law and order.
Shiv Sena is interested only in Marathi votes and not the Marathi manoos.
If Munshi Premchand or Harivansh Rai Bachchan come from U.P., I am ready to put out a red carpet for them, but not for the goons of Azamgarh and Pratapgarh.
I just believe in speaking truth and probably that is why leaders are scared of my statements.
I know my limitations; I know what I can do and what I can’t.
The last issue I remember where a president was involved was in the capital punishment of 1993 blasts convict Yaqub Memon. Otherwise, in your life, in my life, how does a president make a difference? Has a president ever stated his point of view on anything?
Several times I drew a critical cartoon and then, at the last moment, stopped myself from putting it out in print. I thought it would be misunderstood, be a politically incorrect thing to do.
Among politicians, I would say Sonia Gandhi is not exactly a cartoonist’s delight.
Look at New York and the number of crimes out there. Every big city has crime. Bombay is the biggest city of India. So, naturally, all crimes in Bombay get banner headlines.
I do not have body doubles like Saddam Hussein had.
If I see something I do not like, I will say it.
There is no Modi wave. He has to attend so many rallies because there is no wave and also, BJP doesn’t have a face to project.
I have made it clear that I am supporting Modi for his work. This does not mean that I am supporting BJP.
There can be a debate on the Citizenship Amendment Act, but why should we shelter someone who has come to India illegally from outside?
Let Rahul Gandhi become PM if he can. We experimented with Narendra Modi and look where we have landed. Let’s experiment with Rahul Gandhi, or anybody. It can’t be worse than this.
I do not understand why Muslims are protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act. CAA is not for the Muslims who were born here.
I do not intend to join the NDA. I just want the country to get a stable government.
England pulled out from the European Union (EU) out of anger, as locals there were not getting jobs. They also have no work like Maharashtrian youth, as ‘outsiders’ had grabbed all the opportunities.
If Marathi population is facing injustice I will pounce on them for Marathi, and if Hindu is being targeted I will attack like a Hindu.
Some things happen without you putting an effort, while some others things do not happen despite we wanting it to happen.
Modi says he built 850,000 toilets in Bihar one week. That’s roughly 1.5 toilets per second. We can’t even go to the toilet in that much time.
I still remember the day I quit all posts in Sena. I was equally hurt and saddened.
A good man should be on the PM’s chair. The country’s condition should improve. Only because of this I have supported Modi. You may call it a masterstroke or anything else.
In West Bengal when Sourav Ganguly is dropped from the team, the communists in that region become Bengalis and fight for him. Is this not regionalism?
Maharashtrians in America have a Maharashtra mandal every year. You know when they celebrate it? On July 4, the American Independence Day. That’s respect for local culture.
Cartooning, quietly and discreetly, drew me into the circle of politics and I continue to enjoy both. They both inspire me and I could never given up one for the other.
Those who are complaining about Bombay’s law and order should be sent to U.P. and Bihar – only then they will realize how safe and secure Bombay is.
Cartoons, if you ask me, are the most powerful weapon in today’s politics. Balasaheb Thackeray has proved this.
Muslim clerics in India go to other countries, nobody knows what do they do, even the police can’t go there.
You are paying for petrol, roads, tolls but what are you getting? Year after year, the roads go bad and then get repaired, but the number of potholes only keep rising.
The taxpayer is entitled to some essential things. Families should be able to provide their children with playgrounds and find places for them in schools. There should be enough hospitals. Water should be provided to all. Surplus electricity should be available. The taxpayer should be comfortable.
If there is not competent Opposition, the government that comes to power won’t have anyone to hold them accountable.
Sena never spoke against Biharis or against people from Uttar Pradesh. In fact, they are the ones who started ‘Chhat pooja’ and ‘U.P. Day’ in Maharashtra.
As for the development of Mumbai, the problem is that most of our chief ministers are from interior Maharashtra and they are not familiar with the problems confronting the city. Only someone born here will understand the problems of the metropolis.
People talk of the power and capabilities of Sharad Pawar. But except for his home turf Baramati, he has done very little for the development of the state. His vision is limited to Baramati.
The 2009 elections were the first my party faced. Still MNS candidates lost by lesser margins. Each of my candidate got more than one lakh votes.
I have nothing against Indian Muslims but there are certain ‘mohallas’ in different parts of the State which have become the hub of illegal immigrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh, which need to be cleaned.
We have jobs in Maharashtra but outsiders are getting them. They are also getting admission in educational institutions depriving our children of their rights.
My mother lives with me.
The issue of infiltrators is as important as that of drinking water, education and health.
I never criticized Modi. All I said was that Modi cannot be a chief minister and still nurse prime ministerial ambitions. I only suggested that he should resign as the chief minister and then stake his claim to be prime minister.
Whatever I do I will do on my own strength.
Like Maharashtra, the people of Gujarat also do not want a bullet train.
Presidents are only seen on August 15 and January 26. Who knows what they do for five years other than this?
There should be restriction on migration. Some people may criticize me for that. But the future generations will see the merit in my argument.
