What Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray achieved through his Dussehra speech cannot get him bigger political results immediately, but it surely gave the party workers a sense that their leader could attack the BJP's central leadership without any inhibitions. It also showed them that their chief could do so even at the cost of a channel that the Sena leadership was reported to have kept open with some top people in the BJP. But the achievement of attacking doesn't come without fear of retaliation – the form in which the response should be coming.

Purely political in its structure, the chief minister's webcast didn't have much to offer on the vision that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) might have thought of ahead of completing one year in the office. But Sena did give out a good message and earned kudos by avoiding a big gathering at this year's Dussehra rally that is usually held at the Shivaji Park. The party held a small event in an auditorium with only 50 people in attendance. Thackeray sounded very earnest when he said, "Why should we break the rules that we have made for ourselves?", while making a subtle reference to the political events that are attracting huge crowds in other states.