"This government does not have answers to many questions. The jobless youth are asking him questions. He doesn't have answers and that is why such they are employing such gimmicks," Raj Thackeray said.

Maharashtra Navnirmaan Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Main bhi chowkidar' campaign on Twitter, saying the upcoming Lok Sabha polls would be held in India "not in Nepal".

PM Modi launched an extensive campaign on Twitter, titled #MainBhiChowkidar, with a video that said every Indian who cared about the nation was a chowkidar. A day later, he changed his Twitter name and added 'Chowkidar' prefix, with other BJP leaders following suit.

The Twitter campaign was a hit, considering the traction it brought to the micro-blogging site.

On Tuesday, Raj Thackeray, while addressing his party workers, said, "This is all but a farce. What is this Chowkidar thing? Will the election be held in India or Nepal? The prime minister's thought process should be bigger than that."

Thackeray added, "Please don't fall into the trap. Focus on the assembly election.

"This government does not have answers to many questions. The jobless youth are asking him questions. He doesn't have answers and that is why such they are employing such gimmicks."

Raj Thackeray further said he had been hearing a lot about the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress party making false claims. "I called up Ashok Chavan and Ajit Pawar and have asked them to stop making statements."

THE CHOWKIDAR DIARIES

Senior BJP leaders, including party chief Amit Shah, have changed their Twitter names to add a prefix 'Chowkidar' -- in a jibe against Congress chief Rahul Gandhi who has time and again accused the proverbial original chowkidar -- PM Modi -- of being a chor [a thief].

The word 'chowkidar' was first used in the poll campaign ahead of the 2014 general election by PM Modi. He had then promised to work as a "chowkidar" to guard people's money if voted to power.

Rahul Gandhi has since repeatedly been hurling the "chowkidar chor hai" (watchman is the thief) jibe at PM Modi to claim crony capitalism in the Rafale fighter jet deal, a charge that the BJP-led government has -- repeatedly -- rejected.