The Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena on Monday took a dig at Uddhav Thackeray questioning how many times he had visited the office of Maharashtra chief minister when he was in power and whether he gave time to the party workers. Deepak Kesarkar, the spokesperson for the Eknath Shinde faction, said Thackeray's "public appearances" have increased now, referring to the party outreach programmes launched by the Sena president after the collapse of his government last month.

A day earlier, Thackeray inaugurated a ward-level Shiv Sena office in south Mumbai and addressed party workers.