Amid the heightened political tensions and possible collaboration between MNS and Shiv Sena (UBT), farm activist Kishore Tiwari has resigned from the Shiv Sena (UBT), citing his opposition to a potential alliance between Uddhav Thackeray's party and the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).

Tiwari, while resigning from Shiv Sena (UBT) in a release on Monday, said that "MNS was allegedly against Hindi-speaking people, other linguistic minorities and Muslim citizens who, he claimed, are the 'main backbone of the Maha Vikas Aghadi and the Opposition India bloc'," as cited by news agency PTI.