Uddhav Thackeray | Photo Credit: PTI

Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said that if the government 'cannot' construct Ram temple, it should be brought down. Speaking in Mumbai, Thackeray appealed to the RSS that the organisation, which has 'formed' the government, should bring it down. Thackeray said that this was the first time that a majority government with a particular political ideology is in power and that if the temple, an election promise, could not be completed now, the government had no reason to be in power

Thackeray, who is slated to visit Ayodhya on November 25, to 'remind PM Modi' on why Ram temple needs to be constructed, also criticised the government for taking up the Ram temple issue 'only after Shiv Sena reminded' it of the same. “He is going there to remind Modi ji and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government that Ram Temple needs to be constructed. It will take 1000 years if we wait for court's verdict on Ram Temple,” Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut had earlier said on Thackeray's visit.

An ally, the bickering between Shiv Sena and BJP has been grabbing headlines over the recent past. Consistent efforts by the BJP central leadership, including party president Ami Shah, have yielded little outcome. While ambiguity continues over Shiv Sena's stand in holding hands with the BJP during the general elections, on Thursday, an editorial in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna hit out at the state government and reiterated the party's resolution to book a victory in Maharashtra 'on its own'.