Taking a jibe against the BJP's politics, Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday, 10 April, said that the saffron party would not have any concerns to raise if Lord Ram had never been born.
Stating that the BJP does not hold the patent on Hindutva, Thackeray was by news agency PTI as saying:
"The BJP doesn't have the patent for Hindutva. I wonder had Lord Ram not been born what issue the BJP would have raised in politics. Since BJP is bereft of issues it is talking about religion and (spreading) hatred."