In a freewheeling reply to the allegations made against him, the Shiv Sena and Maha Vikas Aghadi, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said he had stopped carrying the BJP's burden and had compromised a lot to be on the CM's chair. He questioned BJP's understanding of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar's Hindutva and the need of legislating the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) instead of doing justice to the Hindus in India before hosting refugees from other countries.

"We may not fully understand Savarkar, but do you even understand him? Do you support Savarkar's views on cows? (Former Goa chief minister) Manohar Parrikar was a proponent of beef import. (Union minister) Kiren Rijuju eats beef. What do you think of this?" he asked while responding to BJP's accusations that were levelled against him while debating the governor's address to the joint sitting of the legislature.