India, March 31 -- Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Sunday sounded the bugle for the BMC and local body polls by calling for all Marathi people, irrespective of their caste, to unite in order to save Maharashtra and Marathi from the siege of "others". While playing the Marathi card, Raj also declared his support to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on condition that the latter worked for the benefit of Maharashtra and the Marathi manoos.

The MNS chief declared that as the people were divided into castes and religions, they did not present a united front before the government and political parties as Marathis. "Look at how Tamil Nadu fights for its pride when the central government tries to impose Hindi," he said. "B...