Breaking his silence three months after his party was routed in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Friday addressed party functionaries here with a promise to raise a storm once again.
According to a senior functionary of the party, Mr. Thackeray told the activists that he knew how to raise a storm. “I have done it before and I will do it again,” he told the gathering.
Commenting on the outflow of MNS leaders who were joining the Bharatiya Janata Party or the Shiv Sena, Mr. Thackeray said he would better not work with people who go into a depression because of a defeat. In the last three weeks, four of his former MLAs have switched sides to the BJP. A number of lower rank office-bearers too are joining the Sena.
Reiterating his stand on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mr. Thackeray said his views on him had not changed. “He should work as the PM of India and not as the PM of Gujarat,” the MNS chief said.
No MNS leader other than Mr. Thackeray was asked to address the gathering.
