Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, while talking about uniting with estranged cousin Uddhav Thackeray, said, "Maharashtra is bigger than any politics." He added, "What (Shiv Sena founder) Balasaheb (Thackeray) couldn't do, (CM) Devendra Fadnavis did...the work of bringing us together." The two leaders have accused BJP-led state government of trying to impose Hindi.