Do I seem disappointed about Raj rejecting alliance? Uddhav Thackeray to NDTV: highlights

Mumbai: Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray speaks to NDTV on the party's future.

Read the highlights here:

• When my father started he was a cartoonist, and I am an artist, so that is common between us
• My father tried to help people - don't think what he did was politics
• He saw we needed power to work for the people
• No one has worked for Maharashtra as much as the NDA government did
  
• There must be someone to tell the common man - don't fear, we are with you
• Every party has an image of its own. I don't there is a need to bring about any change
• To work for the people, we need power... power cannot be just for the sake of a post...
• Before MNS split, we were together.. and we were in power
• In politics, 1+1 can be 2 and also 100 
• (On reports of relation with Raj Thackeray) Don't trust media reports too much
• Ask Raj and me together (if there can be an alliance). Do I look disappointed ?
• Our main election plank will be development
• We won BMC elections because people saw the work we did 
• After independence, each community speaking different languages got their state, each state needs to look after their people
• Now Nitish Kumar is doing good work in Bihar but that did not happen prior to this
• Why don't you target those states that are not doing enough for their own people?
• It is okay if people come, but should we tolerate anything and everything they do?
• People have been here for 100 years, how many people have been beaten up?
• If you are poor, it is the responsibility of your government to give you job, to look after you.
  
• Will you consider Bangladeshis your own?
  
• No one leaves their homes by choice. Is it OK for you to go to another city and trouble people there?
• If we were anti- north Indians, we wouldn't have let Bollywood stars stay here.
  
• We want people who stay here to abide by rules
• Why should I not be proud of being a Marathi or a Hindu? Is Nitish Kumar not proud of being Bihari?
• (On the controversial poem by cop) What Sujata Patil wrote was based on what she saw
• Where is the law? How many people have been arrested?
• We have a very weak govt. Do you see the government anywhere?
• I am not going to run away from controversy
• I will say what I feel is right - will not stop due to fear of controversy
• (On Facebook comment row) Palghar girls' statement could have sparked violence
• (On alliance with NCP) Can the NCP accept our party's line? How can there be an alliance where there hasn't been for so many years
• (On Prime Ministerial candidate) We should all sit together and decide on a name
• Balasaheb had blessed Sushmaji when there was no name discussed
• This cannot be discussed in public- we need to sit inside a room and hear what everyone has to say
  
• The strategy should be to win, to come out with a new name
• Our equation with the BJP is good. We have not merged but the alliance has been there for over 20 years
• I don't think any political alliance has lasted that long
• Congress has run the country to ruin.
  
• When Atalji was the PM, there was a feel good campaign?Did you not feel then that the country was progressing?
  
• There seems to be no direction now. We keep walking but don't know where to go
• (On Aditya Thackeray) I don't believe Aditya has entered politics as yet, he is just handling the youth wing.
• He is taking up specific issues. If he comes into electoral politics, it is his wish.
• People can accept or reject - but why should he not come into politics if he can do good work?