Your workers targeted Shiv Sena leader Manohar Joshi’s technical institute in spite of the High Court order asking you not to indulge in violence.
I read the order only a day later. It’s not that I disrespect the law. Joshi runs many institutes across the state, and if I had wanted, we could have created problems at most of them.
You had a problem with signboards not being in Marathi and now you also have a problem with the typography.
If you read the guidelines, it says that shopkeepers should have signboards in Marathi. The law has to be complied with.
What’s your rapport with Balasaheb? He has chided you in Saamna.
Who has seen him giving these statements? You don’t even know if he writes them in the paper, other people write it.
When you formed the MNS, you said it would be an inclusive party, but it looks like a Shiv Sena copy.
I am doing whatever should be done for the betterment of Maharashtrians. I won’t let people from outside take away from them what is essentially theirs.
What happened to your promises about employment, safety of women, etc.?
I did a lot of things, but the media chose to ignore them. When I said something about North Indians, they started scrambling around.
Are your politics not parochial?
You never question the politics of Modi or Karunanidhi, but everybody is willing to typecast me as the villain.
Why have you extended your diatribe to the media?
Because they have an agenda along with these politicians from UP and Bihar. They want to conquer this city because of their business interests, and I am opposing it. They see me as a threat as I am working for the well-being of Maharashtrians.
You are stopping citizens of the same country from earning their livelihood from wherever they want to.
Do they allow our people to come and earn in their state? They have rules that only when people from their state have occupied posts then others will be allowed to. Why should I let others come and flourish at our expense?
You are fond of Hitler. What do you like about him?
I like his organisational skills, the way he worked on development.
You have asked for reservation in all sectors. How will people from other states work here and help the economy? Ratan Tata has been invited by Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh to set up the Nano plant. Would that be acceptable to you?
Yes, why not? He should come and help the state prosper.
Ratan Tata is a non-Maharashtrian who has contributed so much to the state.
I am not against everyone — not even North Indians — I am only against those who come from UP and Bihar with an agenda. Why do these people come here and give exams for the seats in railways which should be alloted to the locals first?
But should it not be competitive as in any other sector? Let whoever is better get the seat.
Better!! Better than Maharashtrians! I don’t want to continue with this interview. (leaves the room).
