Maharashtra News: Uproar over Hanuman Chalisa Vs Azaan today

Even as the BJP distanced itself from the Ranas' campaign, the husband-wife duo claimed that they won their seats on the basis of their public service, without depending on anybody's support.

Leader of Opposition (Council), Pravin Darekar, categorically said it is an initiative of the Rana couple, and the BJP has "nothing to do with it".

The Ranas reached Mumbai from Amravati ostensibly to recite 'Hanuman Chalisa' outside Thackeray's home 'Matoshri', and to 'remind' him of the 'Hindutva' he had allegedly abandoned by allying the Shiv Sena with the Nationalist Congress Party and the Congress.