A day after a Shiv Sena MP requested party chief Uddhav Thackeray to declare support for NDA's presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu, a rebel MLA on Wednesday claimed that 12 out of 18 Sena MPs would soon join the Eknath Shinde-led faction.

Talking to reporters in his constituency in Jalgaon district, Gulabrao Patil, a minister in the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra government, said the Shinde faction will restore the party's glory.