The battle lines are drawn in Mumbra with an over-25-year-old shakha belonging to the Shiv Sena (UBT) being demolished by Eknath Shinde’s faction earlier this week and a “hurt” Uddhav Thackeray giving out a battle cry and visiting Mumbra to take stock of the situation on Saturday afternoon.  Allegations and counter-accusations fly with the Uddhav Sena saying that the party office was opened to serve the public by none other than the late Anand Dighe, who is deeply revered by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Shinde’s faction claimed that the office had become a den of illegal activities and had to go. The office had been inaugurated in the 1990s and upgraded in 2001.

Posters welcoming Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray, who will visit the spot today