India, Aug. 14 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday slammed the BJP-led government at the centre for its 'anti-Maharashtra policies' resulting in the denial of jobs and properties to Marathi speakers in the state.

Speaking at the sixty-fourth anniversary of Marmik, a weekly magazine launched by Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray which mobilised Marathis ahead of the formation of the party in 1966, Thackeray drew a parallel between the 1960s and the present period and urged people to join the battle to defeat anti-Maharashtra forces like the BJP.

"Maharashtra was formed in 1960, with Mumbai as its capital. Marmik was started in the same year. When Marathi people started facing injustice in getting jobs in Mumbai, Balasaheb T...