Monkeys are ruling Maharashtra: Bal Thackeray

8220;If not me, should Congress President Sonia Gandhi have been brought for the rally?8221; he asked.

Referring to some Congress leaders8217; comments over his falling health and use of a support stick, the 81-year-old Sena patriarch said 8220;it is with this stick that we will unfurl the saffron flag atop Mantralaya state secretariat. This stick is needed to shoo away monkeys who are ruling the state,8221; he added.

8220;Those who cannot digest the success of the Dussehra rally are making all sorts of speculation over my health. I don8217;t need medical certificates from these people.8221;

8220;First, these people expressed doubts if I would turn up for the rally in view of my so-called health problems. When I came for the rally, they are now saying Uddhav should not have brought me there,8221; Thackeray said.