Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Ajit Pawar indicated that the state administration has the support of 225 of the assembly's 288 MLAs, despite opposition calls to fire the Eknath Shinde-led government over worries about law and order.

Per a report in PTI, during a ceremony in Mumbai where Congress leader Baba Siddique joined the Nationalist Congress Party, Pawar responded to the opposition's demand, comparing it to the aftermath of the 26/11 terrorist attacks when a Congress-led coalition was in power. He stated that no such demand was made at the time.

Pawar acknowledged attempts to instil panic about the state's law and order situation but stressed that similar requests were not made during prior crises, like as the 26/11 attacks, the report added.