Aurangabad: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Thursday said the casteist mindset of people will deter the growth of the state.Speaking at a press conference, Thackeray also predicted that Shiv Sena-BJP alliance will not succeed in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.When asked about his party’s agenda for the upcoming assembly and Lok Sabha elections, the MNS supremo said that the biggest theme of his campaign would revolve around asking people about the kind of situation the ruling parties have put them into.“It was the public representative of Tamil Nadu who raised the matter of wrongly translated questions in NEET. Our MPs fail to represent the people and raise the matters that concern our people,” Thackeray said.He added that the current government is big on announcement and low on ground work. “I was the first one to support (Narendra) Modi for Prime Minister but after getting on the post, he turned away from his promises. The BJP will not return to power in 2019 elections,” the firebrand leader said.Thackeray also accused the BJP of misusing electronic voting machines across the country and regretted the deepening roots of casteism in the state.“Today, people are thinking about each other’s caste before having meals together. The situation was not the same 15-20 years ago. This tendency will hinder the growth of Maharashtra. We are yet to identify our enemies,” he said.Launching an attack on the central government over mob lynching, Thackeray said such incidents happen all over the world but if government is supporting them, then the controlling it becomes difficult.

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