Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, while reacting to the disqualification pleas verdict on Wednesday, said that the numbers are important in democracy, and the Shiv Sena led by him has the numbers against the rival faction led by Uddhav Thackeray, reported the PTI.

According to the PTI, reacting to the Maharashtra assembly Speaker's ruling which said that his faction was the real Shiv Sena, Shinde also said that the party chief's individual opinion cannot be the opinion of the entire party.