India, Oct. 21 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said that fed up with 12 years of bad governance and the arrogant reign of PM Narendra Modi and union home minister Amit Shah, the country was awakening, as evidenced by the anger in Gen Z and other citizens. He declared that this would result in the duo's ouster, and that his party and Maharashtra would "shine in this battle of regime change".

The Sena (UBT) chief was speaking at the party's Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park. Hitting out at the BJP for "running campaigns to confuse people", he said his party's biggest mistake was forging an alliance with it in 1989. "We lost 25 years in alliance with these people," he said. "They used the Hindutva promoted by Bal Thackeray...