"The PM and CMs make all kinds of announcements while holding election rallies. When the party in power makes promises, it weighs heavy on the minds of people compared to the assurances given by the leaders of other political parties," Thackeray said, addressing a rally here in run up to the Panvel municipal corporation polls.
Thackeray accused the functionaries of ruling parties not meeting their poll promises later.
He said after India's surgical strike against Pakistan, the nation has conducted several strikes on Indian territory.
"There is fresh news now that another Indian has been arrested... Again false cases will be filed and he will be hanged. Why is Pakistan not scared of you?" he questioned.
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The PM should be thinking how to make the nation stronger rather than strengthening his party and similarly, the CM, instead of going to every nook and corner for holding rallies, should be mulling ways to improve farmers' plight and the law and order situation of the state, Thackeray said.
"This is like somebody goes to police to complain of theft in his house and police ask them to prove their house has been robbed. It is your duty to ensure EVMs are not tampered with and so you (the EC) should check your machines not us," he said.
Responding to the rumours of a mid-term poll in the state in wake of an internal survey predicting two third majority for the BJP, Thackeray said a survey should instead be done on the problems being faced by the people.
"Here too we want this to happen... If anybody gets caught distributing money, polls should be postponed," he said.