Raj Thackeray ready to protect those 'threatened' for criticising centre

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray shakes hands with his well-wishers at his residence in Mumbai October 22, 2008, after being released from a jail earlier today. Protesters in northern and eastern India set alight trains, blocked roads and damaged the home of the head of a Tata Motors factory on Wednesday, in retaliation for attacks on migrants in western India. In Mumbai on Tuesday, regional politician Thackeray, head of the small but vocal MNS, was arrested on charges of rioting and provoking attacks on migrant workers. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA) - GM1E4AM1RTR01

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has asked people to approach him if they’ve received a notice for writing against the Narendra Modi government.

He has also appealed to the police to stop harassing people on the directives of the government. "Governments keep changing!" he wrote.

Within a week of launching his Facebook page, Thackeray has garnered 6.45 lakh followers. He decided to join the social media platform in view of 'misleading information' being spread among the people.

"They (the BJP) orchestrated a completely misleading media campaign, whereby tricking the common man with deceit and misinformation. But this very ‘Weapon’ of social media that the BJP made use of has boomeranged on them. Winning the 2014 election became an obsession where in all principles and ethics were relinquished. False promises were made, truth was distorted, and to ignite the public sentiments, unscrupulous and deceitful means were employed," Thackeray wrote in his Facebook post.

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