The Election Commission of India (ECI), after hearing the warring Shiv Sena factions on Friday, asked them to file their written submission on Monday. The poll panel spent almost four hours with the representatives of both the groups before scheduling the next hearing on January 30.

The Shiv Sena factions argued point by point before the ECI, dismissing each other's claims, especially over the party’s constitutional provisions. Since the Shinde group has challenged the presidency of Uddhav Thackeray, calling it unconstitutional, and has refused to accept the amendments to the party rulebook, the Thackeray faction posed a question to the opponent: under which provision was the CM elected as the chief leader of the party.