On the seventh foundation day of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on Saturday, 9th March 2013, party supremo Raj Thackeray made it clear that he will come into power in Maharashtra without an alliance with any political party. Thackeray was speaking at Shanmukhananda Hall, Sion East, where the party was celebrating its seventh anniversary. He claimed that not many political experts would believe this now, but the MNS would form the government in Maharashtra soon. We will soon come to power and even if political pundits aren’t ready to believe it now, they will soon have to change their opinion,” he said.