On Saturday, Union minister Ramdas Athawale stated that Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddav Thackeray should have resigned after the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won three Rajya Sabha seats from the state.

Athawale also claimed that Shiv Sena leaders and activists are not happy with the leadership over the party's alliance with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). He stated that CM Uddhav Thackeray is not taking note of the resentment within his party.