Pamphlet message: a vote to MNS is a vote to Cong-NCP

“A Sena loyalist had published the idea in a local newspaper. It reflects the damage caused to the Sena by the MNS. We want to educate the voter to be cautious this time,” said a Shiv Sena shakha activist from Worli. He added that the pamphlets were being given to shakhas for distribution in their localities.

Printed in Marathi,the pamphlet says,“Raj does not have any qualities but fake oratory skills… Now the question is if the Marathi manoos will fall prey to his speeches and if they do so then there is no need for an astrologer to say that Congress-NCP government will come to power.”

It asks Raj how many Marathi youths managed jobs after “bhaiyyas” were beaten up.

“Raj knows that his party can never come to power but he is trying hard to make sure that in no circumstances does Sena-BJP come to rule,” it says.

“The Marathi manoos should vote for the Sena-BJP keeping in mind that a vote to the MNS is a vote to the Congress-NCP.”

Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray has been saying much the same in his campaign rallies. He has been asking Marathi-speaking voters to be cautious and not get swayed by other parties who are cashing in on the Marathi votebank. “If you vote for some other party,remember you will be helping the Congress-NCP win,” he said at a rally in Jogeshwari on Monday.