KALYAN/MUMBAI: Before Shiv Sainiks attacked the SUV of rebel MLA and ex-minister Uday Samant in Pune late on Tuesday, rival factions of the Sena clashed at the party's Dombivli shakha as CM Eknath Shinde's supporters tried to restore pictures of the CM and his Lok Sabha MP son Shrikant which had been removed recently by Uddhav Thackeray backers. Peace was restored after police intervened, but not before Shinde supporters had succeeded in placing the CM's picture and that of his son in the shakha next to Uddhav's.
In another instance. rebel Sena MLA from Aurangabad (W) Sanjay Shirsat reportedly removed Uddhav and Aaditya Thackeray's photos from his office, prompting Aaditya to say "the masks were off and the real faces of traitors had been revealed."