Slamming Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over his party's poll promise to scrap sedition law, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray Tuesday said such persons should not be allowed to contest elections.

Addressing a public rally in Kalyan for party candidate Shrikant Shinde, Thackeray said the Opposition was interested only in ousting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a Hindutva organisation. "The previous government was only known for corruption.