“Our message to them is leave Maharashtra to Maharashtrians and there are enough national and state parties around to take care of our state,” he said.
Shiv Sena, he pointed out, had never tried to project itself as a party of Maharashtrians in states like Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan, where Marathi-speaking people have a sizeable presence. “We have gone to other states only on the Hindutva-plank,” he added.