After BJP Leader's Remark On Shiv Sena Bhavan, Uddhav Thackeray's Warning

BJP legislator Prasad Lad reportedly said that if needed, Shiv Sena Bhavan would be demolished. He later retracted the remarks and expressed regret.

In a veiled attack on the BJP, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray today said language of intimidation will not be tolerated and a befitting reply will be given to those speaking it. He made the statement in the wake of BJP legislator Prasad Lad's reported remarks that if needed, the Shiv Sena Bhavan, headquarters of the party in central Mumbai, would be demolished. However, he later retracted the remarks and expressed regret saying they were presented out of context by the media. Speaking at the inauguration of the BDD Chawls redevelopment project here, Mr Thackeray referred to his three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) dispensation as a "triple seat" government (with NCP and Congress being the other constituents). Recalling a dialogue from Hindi blockbuster "Dabangg" - "Thappad se dar nahi lagta (not scared of being slapped)" -- the Chief Minister said, "Nobody should speak the language of slapping us as we will give back such a tight slap that the other person will not be able to get back on his feet."