Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said that the BJP bell-ringing Hindutvawadis, if you want to chant Hanuman Chalisa, do it. But if you do Dadagiri, then we know how to break it up.

He ripped into the BJP over their attempts to dilute his party’s Hindutva credentials in the backdrop of the row over Azaan and Hanuman Chalisa and the use of loudspeakers. We will show you what Bheema Roop and Maha Rudra is if you challenge the Shiv Sena. Our Hindutva is as strong as Gadadhari Hanuman. Uddhav Thackeray alleged that for the last few days, they have been screaming that the Shiv Sena has left Hindutva.

What have we left? Is Hindutva a dhoti? That we put it on and take it off? We must remember one thing. Those who are lecturing us on Hindutva must ask themselves what they have done for Hindutva. He questioned BJP on the demolition of Babri Masjid was brought down, you ran into your hole. The decision to build the Ram Temple was not from your government but from the court. And when it was built you went with a jhola to the people. Where is your Hindutva?

Uddhav Thackeray said that invoking his late father and a Hindutva icon, the Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray the Hindutva that the Shiv Sena Supremo has taught us, that is still there in the minds of all these Shiv Sainiks who have heard him. His Hindutva was that he did not want Hindus who were ringing bells at temples. He said he wanted Hindus who take on extremists.