In an editorial published in its mouthpiece Saamana, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah over what it described as their silence on the alleged police excesses

Piyush Mishra questioned Naseeruddin Shah after the veteran actor met Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke at a protest. Mishra raised questions over Shah’s silence on pilot Smit Machchhar and the Lovely Professional University violence