Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke about the Ambedkar controversy and demanded an apology from the Congress party. He accused Congress of spreading a manipulated video of Home Minister Amit Shah`s speech. Fadnavis claimed that the video was edited to distort Shah’s words, leading to confusion and creating unnecessary issues. The Chief Minister emphasized that such actions were harmful and divisive, and he called on Congress to take responsibility for their actions. He further criticized the opposition party for playing political games at the cost of truth and asked them to apologize for misleading the public with the altered video.

 In yet another jolt to Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, one of his most combative MLCs, Manisha Kayande, on Sunday quit the party to join Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction. She joined the Sena faction in the presence of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Kayande was dismissed from the post of Shiv Sena (UBT) spokesperson earlier, which might have led her to make this move. Kayande meanwhile claimed that she was unhappy with the party affairs and  had waited for a year to see if the Thackeray-led faction would introspect over why party workers were leaving Shiv Sena (UBT). On Saturday night deputy leader Shishir Shinde also left the party, expressing displeasure that he had not been assigned any responsibility in his four years in the Sena (UBT).