Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday slammed the Maharashtra government saying that "Mughal rule" was prevailing in the state , and declared that he would contest the next Assembly election from Thane, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's bastion.

He was speaking at a rally organised by the Shiv Sena (UBT), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress -- which comprise the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition -- in protest against an alleged attack on a woman worker of the Sena (UBT) in Thane city two days ago.