Aurangabad: MNS chief Raj Thackeray will hold a rally in Aurangabad today amidst the war over Azaan and Hanuman Chalisa over loudspeakers in Maharashtra. Maharashtra CM and Shiv Sena party chief Uddhav Thackeray said- Many such Bhongedharis and Pungidharis came. Their flags changed, and issues changed. Now they are leaving the Marathi issue and holding on to the issue of Hindutva. We've seen a lot of these games. They're playing with all sorts of issues. They are facing an existential crisis. Shiv Sena's Hindutva is not an issue. It's in the blood, it's in the breath. It's the era of marketing. Let people market fake Hindutva. The identity of the leader and the party who believes in real Hindutva is the people."  

In one of his interviews, Uddhav Thackeray launched a scathing attack on Raj Thackeray and the BJP's central government and Prime Minister Modi. Uddhav Thackeray said, "I don't pay much attention to the new player of Hindutva. There is no need to pay attention to what those who understand Hindutva and Marathi as sports and those who play on these issues. The public is not so ignorant that it does not know who the real party and leader who follows Hindutva is. We don't need to beat the sting of Hindutva. It's the era of marketing. After Marathi, now the issue of Hindutva has been raised. The Bhongdhari and the Pungidhari keep coming and going. We've seen a lot of all of this. The Hindu people understand everything. First, there was a need to show existence. Now existence needs to be sustained. We have never changed the flag, they are changing the flags. We've seen a lot of such bullying."

Raj Thackeray had tweeted comparing Maharashtra with UP. He had mentioned that loudspeakers could be removed from religious places due to Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh. But in Maharashtra, yogis are not Bhogis ruling. Replying to this question, Uddhav Thackeray said, "Let them compare Maharashtra with other states. It doesn't matter to us. Look at the work of Maharashtra, then compare. They do not have the nobility to praise the good deeds of the Maha Vikas Aghadi."

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