There was no breakthrough for the Mahayuti in the Mahim constituency where the Bharatiya Janata Party wants its ally Shiv Sena to withdraw its candidate to facilitate an easy win for Amit Thackeray, the son of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena president Raj Thackeray. Sena’s sitting MLA Sada Sarvankar refused to pull out, saying he would contest the polls at any cost.

On Friday, State BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule reiterated his party’s support for Amit. “It will be good if Amit Thackeray is there in the Assembly. But it is for Shiv Sena to decide because the constituency is part of their share,” he said on Friday. Fadnavis and Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar have publically extended BJP’s support to Amit Thackeray, suggesting that the Sena candidate be withdrawn.