Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday, while pronouncing disqualification pleas verdict, held that the CM Eknath Shinde-led faction of the Shiv Sena was the "real political party" when rival groups emerged on June 21, 2022, reported the PTI.

Reading out his ruling on disqualification petitions filed by Shinde-led Sena and the rival faction led by Uddhav Thackeray against each other's MLAs, Narwekar also said that Sunil Prabhu of the Shiv Sena (UBT) ceased to be the whip from June 21, 2022, as per the PTI.