Frankly speaking , it matters
Those Shiv Sainiks have a huge support in Maha especially Mumbai .
One word of Bal Thokeray causes havoc here .
Some of my frnds in Jr.College used to say "Fakt Raj/Bal Thackeray la awwaz karude , aamhi yaa UP,Bihar chya bhaiyanchya gaandit bamboo taaku"
aka Let Raj/Bal Thackeray let give a word , we will put bamboos in the a$$ of UP/Bihari bhaiyas .
Raj Thackeray still keeps on giving vague speeches abt North Indians , Congress has let him free to say anything coz Raj Thackeray is causing vote distribution among extremist local ppl which is inshort favouring UPA .
This way Congress won 5 out of 6 constituencies in Mumbai , only coz of vote distribution