u00a0&quot;Here, the Shiv Sena is there, and it carries the saffron flag of Shivaji Maharaj,&quot; party president Uddhav Thackeray said in the editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana&#39;. &quot;As far as Maharashtra is concerned, Modi should take it easy,&quot; it said. &quot;Modi said (at a rally here on Sunday) that Maharashtra had 26 Chief Ministers so far but lagged in development compared to Gujarat which saw fewer Chief Ministers during the same period. &quot;Now there is some criticism that Modi should speak about Gujarat and not about Maharashtra,&quot; Uddhav said. <img alt="Uddhav Thackeray and Narendra Modi" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/dec/uddhav-modi.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 304px;" /> Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray (right) and BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. File Pic &quot;The pace of development in Gujarat has increased under Modi&#39;s tenure as Chief Minister but Maharashtra is ahead on development front,&quot; the Sena leader said. Stating that the &quot;anti-Congress roar of Modi is reflective of the public sentiments&quot;, Uddhav wished the BJP leader all the best in his endeavour to become the Prime Minister. Referring to Modi&#39;s rally in Mumbai, Uddhav said, &quot;The Gujarati community and &quot;Hindutvavadi&quot; masses were enthusiastic because Modi was coming to Mumbai. &quot;In order to make this rally a huge success, lot of advertisements full of creativity claiming that Modi is going to make &quot;maha-garjana&quot; were seen everywhere in the financial capital.... Modi said &#39;Mumbai is second home to Gujaratis.&#39; There are indeed a lot of Gujaratis in Mumbai, they do business and a big chunk of what they earn here goes in to development of Saurashtra, Kutch and Surat,&quot; Uddhav said. &quot;Despite so much lack of development in the state (Maharashtra), Modi said Maharashtra is still second home to Gujaratis. &quot;Gujaratis have earned lots of money. Modi also says that he will bring back black money. He will surely bring it back if he comes to power. Except for a few corrupt politicians, there are no Marathis in that list of black money holders,&quot; he said. In another jibe, the editorial said: &quot;Once Modi becomes the Prime Minister, he will bring back Dawood Ibrahim to India and will also solve Maharashtra&#39;s border issue with Karnataka.&quot;

In a veiled rebuff to Narendra Modi, BJP's ally Shiv Sena on Tuesday said he should remember that he was "no longer a leader of just Gujarat but of the entire country" and should stop worrying about Maharashtra, after he compared development in the two states at a rally here.

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