Raj Thackeray targets Shiv Sena, Congress; supports Modi

"In 2010, when the Gujarat CM was a nobody in the Indian political scene, I was the first person to declared openly that Modi was a fit candidate for PM.

"I advised Modi to develop a national image like Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi or Atal Bihari Vajpayee, but that is misconstrued as his criticism," Raj said.

On Uddhav's comment that the NCP would not be welcomed in the NDA, Raj said: "If so, then why did Shiv Sena go and beg NCP chief Sharad Pawar for a plot of land for constructing a memorial for Bal Thackeray?"

"They run the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and have sold so many plots, but could not arrange for one plot for the memorial. Who were they fighting all these years, against Afghanistan or Vietnam?" Raj said.

Targetting Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, he said Gandhi's party has ruined the country and it should be thrown out in the election.