MUMBAI, July 6 -- Amid the outcry over the theft of donations to the Ram temple at Ayodhya, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday launched the 'Ram Raksha Andolan' by reciting the Ram Raksha Stotra, Hanuman Chalisa and Maruti Stotra with thousands of party workers at Dadar. While warning that his party and Hindus would not tolerate the looting of the Ram temple, he urged the community to unite and confront the Narendra Modi-led BJP government on the donation misappropriation, and reiterate the old slogan 'Garv Se Kaho Hum Hindu Hain' (Declare with pride that we are Hindus). Thackeray's wheeling back to Hindutva is being seen as an attempt to revive his Hindu vote base as also an effort to galvanise the party cadre after the recent defections of six MPs and MLC Sachin Ahir. Addressing party workers gathered at the Hanuman temple near Dadar's Kabutar Khana, Thackeray recalled his late father and Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray who, he said, gave "scared and confused" Hindus confidence in the late 1980s by coining the slogan 'Garv Se Kaho Hum Hindu Hain'. "The time has come to raise this slogan again, when Hindus are in a dilemma after the Ram temple donation theft," he said. "Back then, it was Maharashtra which led Hindus in India; this time too we will lead the war against those plundering the temple." Despite the lashing rain, thousands of party workers sporting saffron caps emblazoned with 'Jai Shri Ram' and 'Garv Se Kaho Hum Hindu Hain' gathered at the stage that was built outside the temple. After arriving, Thackeray, along with his son Aaditya, MP Sanjay Raut and MP Arvind Sawant, went into the temple and participated in the Ram Raksha Stotra, Maruti Stotra and Hanuman Chalisa being chanted by priests. Criticising Modi-led central government, Thackeray charged that it was "looting Hindus" and said that the thievery, which had begun with Kedarnath and Badrinath, had now reached Ayodhya. "A couple of years ago, the Shankaracharya, publicly alleged a gold scam at Kedarnath Temple," he said. "And just yesterday, a former civil servant who donated over one kilogramme of gold for the gold-plated Ramcharitmanas has sought answers on its utilisation.' Thackeray declared that the BJP had "first hypnotised Hindus in the name of Hindutva and are now looting Hindus in the name of Hindutva". "I urge all Hindus in the country to wake up and unite against this loot," he said. "We need to throw out the BJP central government." Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, however, dismissed the movement. "Thackeray needs to recite the Ram Raksha (a protective mantra) every day."...