Manohar Joshi, senior Sena leader: It’s condemnable. What were police doing, especially when the statue of Maasaheb Thackeray is located near a police chowki?
Gopinath Munde, BJP leader: Maasaheb is our deity and this act has insulted millions who respect her. If the government fails to nab the culprits within 24 hours, we won’t allow the legislature to function
Raj Thackeray, president, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena: I condemn this act. The government should immediately arrest the vandals. But my party won’t support the violence by Shiv Sainiks.
She (Maasaheb) was a kind-hearted, tolerant and patient woman, and the violence perpetrated to show respect to her is not proper —ENS