Four MLAs and an MLC have joined the Eknath Shinde camp. MLC Ravindra Phatak was asked to bring the rebels around but he himself joined the camp.

Uddhav Thackeray's own MLAs have given a huge blow to him and his government in Maharashtra. More than 40 MLAs have sided with the party leader Eknath Shinde. This is the reason why the coalition government of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress is likely to fall at any time. The ruckus has been on since four days now.