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.