The whip issued by Bharat Gogawale had asked all the MLAs of Shiv Sena to vote for Eknath Shinde in the trust vote in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Monday. In the trust vote, 164 MLAs voted for the motion of confidence while 99 voted against it.
Shiv Sena president and former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray asked experts to express their views on whether political developments in the state were in accordance with the Constitution.
As per a statement issued by the Shiv Sena, Thackeray, in his speech, told the Sena district presidents to stay together if they want to put up a fight.