Raj Thackeray
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.Collection: Independence
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.Collection: Anger
The Lok Sabha election is not a contest between political parties. It is a fight between Modi-Shah, and the country. Only when these two people are removed, will it be a proper contest between parties.
When people encroach on forest land and in the periphery of habitats of wild animals, they attack humans.
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.
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.
I just believe in speaking truth and probably that is why leaders are scared of my statements.
In Mumbai, Marathi schools are shutting down and Urdu schools are increasing. The parties governing the BMC are giving permission to these schools. If Urdu schools are rising, you know whose numbers are increasing and who is coming to the city.
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.
We have jobs in Maharashtra but outsiders are getting them. They are also getting admission in educational institutions depriving our children of their rights.
I do not think anything should be given for free. Everything has a price attached to it.
I do not have body doubles like Saddam Hussein had.
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.
I have many non-Maharastrian friends.
I am in politics. Here, it is not possible to know everyone around you. How can I take responsibility for all those who support me or work for me or simply hang around me?
When there was a Congress government in Maharashtra, no one bothered about law and order.
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.
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 have made it clear that I am supporting Modi for his work. This does not mean that I am supporting BJP.
I do not intend to join the NDA. I just want the country to get a stable government.
In Gujarat, they may not have enough people to do menial jobs and so they need people from U.P. and Bihar. But in Maharashtra, we have enough people who need jobs.
I still remember the day I quit all posts in Sena. I was equally hurt and saddened.
I kept asking what my role was in the Sena. I was told that I was responsible for Nashik, but I really did not have any rights there.
I think I am the first person to have made a statement that Narendra Modi should be the Prime Minister of India.
When I fight elections, I don't think about results whether it is assembly or Lok Sabha polls.
Some things happen without you putting an effort, while some others things do not happen despite we wanting it to happen.
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.
Among politicians, I would say Sonia Gandhi is not exactly a cartoonist's delight.
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.
Cartoons, if you ask me, are the most powerful weapon in today's politics. Balasaheb Thackeray has proved this.
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.
In future, migrants desiring to enter our State will need to be registered and their personal details and identification proof will have to be submitted to the police station.
I am clear I will support the BJP only because of Mr. Modi.
If I see something I do not like, I will say it.
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 am an admirer of Modi's work from the beginning.
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 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.
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.
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.
There should be restriction on migration. Some people may criticize me for that. But the future generations will see the merit in my argument.
Wherever you go, respect the local culture or you will suffer.
The message has to go to U.P. and Bihar that there is no space left in Mumbai for you. After destroying the city, the migrants will go back to their villages. But where will we go then?
Whatever I do I will do on my own strength.
After Balasaheb died, I have not spoken. What do I say?
Pakistani and Bangaladeshi infiltrators should be thrown out from the country, and there shouldn't be any compromise on the issue.
The issue of infiltrators is as important as that of drinking water, education and health.
These days, those who criticize the Union government are being labelled as anti-BJP and those praise it as BJP supporters. Isn't there any middle path?
Winston Churchill never said that people had let him down when he lost the elections after the World War II.
Nirav Modi was the talk of the town, then the issue of Sridevi came in. This was brought to change the issue. When a person like Sridevi dies, you wrap her in tri-colour and you say you did that because she was a Padma Shri. It was all fault of the Maharashtra government.