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Uddhav Thackeray, on Saturday, in his address urged the opposition to engage in open dialogue if faced with challenges akin to "dictatorship."

"The expansion may happen soon...Everyone should get an opportunity to work as minister. If you do well, people identify you as the minister of that portfolio who did great work. This is the last chance for us," Sanjay Shirsat tells News18

In an interview to Sanjay Raut, Uddhav Thackeray, attacking Devendra Fadnavis without naming him, said, “The reason given by BJP for splitting Sena was the ‘backstabbing’ by us. What did NCP do?...MVA govt did not collapse. It was eaten up by crabs.”

The two-week notice is not a deadline for the Speaker to give a final decision, but just for him to respond to the petition. "I haven’t got the notice yet. After getting it, we will study it and take appropriate action," Rahul Narwekar told News18

Sanjay Raut, a member of Parliament from Shiv Sena (UBT), has appealed to the United Nations to declare June 20 as World Traitors Day. This comes after 40 legislators, led by Eknath Shinde, rebelled against Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray. Raut alleges that the legislators were enticed with large sums of money by the BJP to topple the Mahavikas Aghadi government led by Uddhav Thackeray.

The constitution bench directed the Speaker to decide the pending disqualification proceedings without getting influenced by the decision of the ECI on who is the real “Shiv Sena”.

In Thursday’s judgment, the Supreme Court constitution bench’s explanation of why it did not decide the disqualification petitions against the rebel MLAs is not persuasive enough.

Last year, the state was grappling with a major crisis which culminated in Eknath Shinde taking over as Chief Minister from Uddhav Thackeray following a split in the Shiv Sena. A bunch of petitions will be disposed off on Thursday which will settle the dispute for all times to come.

The Supreme Court has said that it cannot restore the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra as the resignation by Uddhav Thackeray as Chief Minister was voluntary in nature.

The poll panel had decided that the Eknath Shinde group was the 'official' Shiv Sena, handing it the party name and the 'bow and arrow' election symbol.