Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray won't waste any time fighting critics who say that he is bringing up the Ayodhya temple issue because of the forthcoming elections. Instead, he used the opportunity to launch yet another attack on frenemy party, BJP, claiming that he was out to nail the 'temple lie'.

"[My] critics say that I have raised the issue because of the forthcoming polls. I say yes, because they [BJP] have made a promise every time they faced elections. It because of this that I have given the slogan, 'pehle mandir baadme sarkaar' (temple first, the government later)," said Thackeray while launching a special Diwali book published by the city's television journalists.