Quotes from Raj Thackeray

One has to shed one's old skin for a positive change.

The Shiv Sena says that when it comes to power, they will declare Aarey as a forest. How will they declare it a forest when there won't be any trees left?

I am not against development, but society will go nowhere if you don't take care of trees.

The Government regularizes illegal slums inhabited by outsiders, but the government workers or policemen do not get permanent house in Mumbai.

Maharashtrians in America have a Maharashtra mandal every year. You know when they celebrate it? On July 4, the American Independence Day. That's respect for local culture.

There should be restriction on migration. Some people may criticize me for that. But the future generations will see the merit in my argument.

Let Rahul Gandhi become PM if he can. We experimented with Narendra Modi and look where we have landed. Let's experiment with Rahul Gandhi, or anybody. It can't be worse than this.

People talk of the power and capabilities of Sharad Pawar. But except for his home turf Baramati, he has done very little for the development of the state. His vision is limited to Baramati.

The Lok Sabha election is not a contest between political parties. It is a fight between Modi-Shah, and the country. Only when these two people are removed, will it be a proper contest between parties.

Sena never spoke against Biharis or against people from Uttar Pradesh. In fact, they are the ones who started 'Chhat pooja' and 'U.P. Day' in Maharashtra.

After Balasaheb died, I have not spoken. What do I say?

As for the development of Mumbai, the problem is that most of our chief ministers are from interior Maharashtra and they are not familiar with the problems confronting the city. Only someone born here will understand the problems of the metropolis.

Many people compare the agitation of MNS with Shiv Sena because of the mode of agitation. But the main difference is that while Shiv Sena launched an agitation for the poor Marathi unemployed youth, the agitation of MNS is directed against the 'goondaism' of North Indians.

I do not intend to join the NDA. I just want the country to get a stable government.

The last issue I remember where a president was involved was in the capital punishment of 1993 blasts convict Yaqub Memon. Otherwise, in your life, in my life, how does a president make a difference? Has a president ever stated his point of view on anything?

I think I am the first person to have made a statement that Narendra Modi should be the Prime Minister of India.

I just believe in speaking truth and probably that is why leaders are scared of my statements.

In Mumbai, Marathi schools are shutting down and Urdu schools are increasing. The parties governing the BMC are giving permission to these schools. If Urdu schools are rising, you know whose numbers are increasing and who is coming to the city.

If there is not competent Opposition, the government that comes to power won't have anyone to hold them accountable.

If anything like #MeToo happens, women can come to MNS. We will teach a lesson to accused. Women must raise the voice when they face oppression, not after 10 years.

Muslim clerics in India go to other countries, nobody knows what do they do, even the police can't go there.

We have jobs in Maharashtra but outsiders are getting them. They are also getting admission in educational institutions depriving our children of their rights.

In future, migrants desiring to enter our State will need to be registered and their personal details and identification proof will have to be submitted to the police station.

I am an admirer of Modi's work from the beginning.