Meanwhile, Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat has issued show-cause notices to 53 out of the total 55 Shiv Sena MLAs in the state - 39 of the faction led by Eknath Shinde and 14 of the Uddhav Thackeray group.
A day after the Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat struck down appointments of Ajay Chaudhari as Legislative Party leader and Sunil Prabhu as chief whip, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Monday received yet another setback after one of its legislators Santosh Bangar from Kalamnuri assembly seat in Hingoli district joined Chief Minister