The bickering between the two Shiv Sena factions over the interpretation of the Supreme Court immunity against the party whip spilled over to the first day of the budget session of the Maharashtra assembly.

Like it did on the day of the SC’s ruling, the election commission-approved Shiv Sena maintained that all Shiv Sena MLAs, across both factions, are bound by any whip issued, adding that it will not take any action for at least two weeks if the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) legislators defied it.