In an editorial published in the party mouthpiece Saamana, the Thackeray camp hit back at criticism of the rally by senior BJP leaders. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had described the opposition protest as an attempt to regain political ground, while state Minister Ashish Shelar termed it “cheap politics” and criticised its demands

Maharashtra Minister Ashish Shelar called the CJP's agitation against the electoral roll revision a "grammar of anarchy", saying objections to the SIR should be raised through constitutional and legal channels