Mumbai, Jan 6 (TIWN) Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday drew parallels between the Sunday's violence in New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University and the November 26, 2008 terror strikes in Mumbai which had provoked a similar outrage 12 years ago.

"Why were the attackers'' faces covered? Why were they hiding? Seeing them, I was reminded of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks... They (the attackers) are cowards and the country will never support their acts," Thackeray said condemning the violence strongly.

He said "those who indulged in the JNU violence need to be unmasked and their faces must be known to the whole country", adding that in due course these hidden elements are bound to be exposed.

Thackeray demanded that - without going into the politics of it - whoever those masked perpetrators of the JNU campus violence may be, they should be "laid bare before the people" and meted out the harshest possible punishment.

Addressing the media, the Chief Minister issued a warning that if any similar attempts are made to create such a situation in Maharashtra, it will not be tolerated.

He assured the youth of the state that they are absolutely safe. "Nobody can harm even their hair, but if anybody tries to do, we will not spare them," he said.