The state BJP's slogan 'Good Roads or No Road Tax' has come back to haunt the state government, with residents of Thane and Navi Mumbai trolling Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for making false promises. The party faced backlash mostly from Thaneites, where the hoarding was installed in February 2017.

The Thane residents, having suffered due to pothole-ridden roads for a long time, dug out a picture of a hoarding of Fadnavis and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the slogan promising quality roads. Fadnavis's message on the hoarding, written in Marathi, translates to — 'There will be super quality roads or there will be no road tax, this is my word'. Nothing has changed in two years since that hoarding came up, claimed Thane residents, as the state gears up for the Assembly election to be held on October 21. "Why can't they make good roads? Does it really need rocket science to have quality roads?" asked Paresh Koli, a resident of Thane.