MUMBAI: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray , who had attacked the Modi government during the 2019 Lok Sabha campaign, turned saffron all over again on Thursday, coming out in full support of CAA and asking local Muslims why they were protesting in favour of Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims."Throw out the illegal Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims. I fully support the Centre for this," Raj said at MNS' first ever convention, marking four years of its formation. The event saw the induction of Raj's son Amit into the party, making it clear that the MNS chief now wants to groom him for a larger role in party politics at a time when Amit's cousin Aaditya is a minister in the state.Raj said that while he had criticised PM Modi, he would not hesitate to support him when he does the right thing. "India needs to intensify its security even if it means people are inconvenienced. We are sitting on a ticking bomb. It is important to throw out Muslims from Pakistan and Bangladesh and for this I am with the PM," he said .He announced that MNS would hold rallies on February 9 in support of CAA.While Raj said he stood for Muslims of the country, he noted that he would not tolerate those Muslims who "fanned trouble in the country". "Is India a dharamshala? I am told it costs only Rs 2,500 to make your way from Bangladesh into India. From Pakistan they come via Nepal. Stop Samjhauta Express and the bus service. Why do we have any ties with Pakistan," he asked .Religion, he said, was a personal thing. Targeting Muslims, he said, "Keep your religion in your house. Shut off loudspeakers on masjids. Our aarti does not trouble, why should namaz? "Raj, who changed his party's flag to saffron with Shivaji's royal seal on it, said it had been first used by Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti which, however, later disintegrated, leading to the birth of Shiv Sena. "When MNS was being formed in 2006 I wanted to make this the party flag, but advisers told me to include green - what they now call social engineering. I was 36-37 then and there was no one to guide me, so I went along," he said.Appearing to counter MNS' move to turn the party flag saffron, Shiv Sena president and CM Uddhav Thackeray asserted on Thursday evening that his party's "colour and conscience" were still saffron. "In the recent past, many critics thought we had abandoned the colour saffron. Certainly not. We have not changed. Our party's colour and conscience are still saffron," he said at a Sena gathering to mark the 94th birth anniversary of Bal Thackeray.