Disqualification pleas of Shiv Sena factions: Maharashtra legislative assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday said that he has rescheduled the next hearing on the disqualification petitions filed against each other by two rival Shiv Sena factions to an earlier date, and it will now be held on Thursday instead of Friday, reported the PTI.

According to the PTI, Rahul Narwekar last month began hearing the disqualification petitions filed by the two rival Shiv Sena factions led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray. The first hearing was held on September 14.