Accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of discriminating against the Marathi people and causing their ghettoisation in Mumbai, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray said the leading Mahayuti partner has seeded hate among people on the basis of language, religion and caste. “This was never the culture of Maharashtra. How can you bully the local people?” he said.

In an exclusive conversation with The Hindu, ahead of the upcoming Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls, Mr. Aaditya Thackeray spoke about Mumbai’s redevelopment, the coming together of Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray and the estrangement with the Congress.