The Opposition camp in Maharashtra - Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress, and the NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) decided to boycott the tea party to be hosted by the government on the eve of the state legislature's monsoon session.

A meeting was organised by the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Ambadas Danve, who belongs to Shiv Sena (UBT), which was attended by Congress legislative party leader Balasaheb Thorat and Nationalist Congress Party's Jayant Patil.