
It may be recalled that the MNS chief was planning to go on trip to Ayodhya on June 5, but last week he abruptly cancelled it, and was interpreted as a huge setback to the party. Raj also took the opportunity to justify his 2008 agitation against the north Indian communities, reiterating that they were depriving Marathi local youths of jobs in railways, and blamed the north Indians for triggering the violent reaction by MNS activists then. What was the need for the Rana couple to go to 'Matoshri' - is it some kind of mosque? Then all the controversy, their arrests, jail, release, and statements started," he said. "What I had said was Hanuman Chalisa would be played outside mosques blaring out 'azan' on loudspeakers. He also took a swipe at the Rana couple - independent MP Navneet Kaur-Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana - for their 'Hanuman Chalisa' agitation plans outside the CM's private residence 'Matoshri'. Our Hindutva gives results," claimed Raj.

If they increase their volume, then our campaign will be started again. "For the first time in Maharashtra's history, the early morning 'azans' have stopped being played on loudspeakers. Post-surgery, he would be recuperating for a couple of months but promised to write a letter to 'all Hindu sisters and brothers' on the MNS' ongoing agitation against loudspeakers on mosques in the state. I have been in pain since some time in the legs and now also in the back," Raj - the estranged cousin of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray - said at a rally here.

"I shall be undergoing hip bone surgery on June 1. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray has said he would undergo a surgery for knee and back problems on June 1, but the party's 'anti-loudspeakers' agitation will continue, here on Sunday.
