MNS chief Raj Thackeray called off the agitation against the Bachchans that threatened to stall the release of movies starring the family members over Jaya's alleged anti-Marathi remarks, saying he was satisfied with the apology offered by megastar Amitabh.

"Actually, Jaya Bachchan should have made a public apology because she was the one who made those remarks but we are accepting Amitabh's apology as he is head of the Bachchan family," Raj told reporters in Mumbai.

Mumbai police, which has issued gag orders against the MNS chief, allowed him to hold the press conference.

Raj said he had spoken to Mumbai police commissioner Hasan Gafoor on Wednesday and sought permission to put forth his views after Bachchan tendered the public apology on the issue.

Raj launched a vitriolic attack on Mumbai Joint Police Commissioner (Law and Order) K L Prasad for his alleged remarks that "Mumbai does not belong to any individual".

"Prasad should remove his police uniform, badge and chair and come onto the street and then he will realise to whom Mumbai belongs," he said.

The MNS chief said Prasad's comments were unwarranted and that he would ask the Congress-NCP government in the state to deal sternly with such officers.

Earlier, Raj alleged, the senior IPS officer had "threatened us that he would break our legs. This time, he said Mumbai is not anyone's personal property. He had no business saying that," Raj said.

In an apparent reference to Jaya's apology in a newspaper and the Big B's public apology at a hotel in the suburbs last evening, the MNS chief said "now, everyone knows what happens when the Marathi manoos (people) is united."

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