India, July 5 -- Citing "protection of Marathi pride", Uddhav Thackeray appeared emphatic at the reunion rally with cousin Raj Thackeray in Mumbai on Saturday: "Yes, we are goons; if we have to be goons to get justice, we will do goondagiri."

He was apparently addressing criticism about the Thackerays' men slapping and intimidating people, including street vendors, over their not speaking in Marathi.

Raj, too, addressed this before Uddhav's speech: "Be it a Gujarati or anyone else here, must know Marathi, but there is no need to beat people for that if they don't speak Marathi. Yet, if someone shows useless drama, you must hit below their eardrums."

He followed up with advice: "If you beat someone, don't make a video of the incident. L...