Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray Tuesday said that Maharashtra will decide the direction of the country and claimed that a "saffron storm will hit Delhi and uproot the dictatorship."

Addressing the party workers at his residence 'Matoshri' in Mumbai, Thackeray said "dictatorship cannot be an option" and it should be uprooted, newswire PTI reported.