Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde exuberated confidence in the speaker s decision, saying we have a majority . Ahead of the crucial verdict by the assembly speaker on the cross-petitions by Shiv Sena factions, the political temperature has risen in Maharashtra.
Political tension embroiled in the state after the Shiv Sena (UBT) faction s two-decade old Shakha (branch office) building was demolished in the Muslim-dominated Mumbra region in Thane district.