Day after Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Rathod resigned from Maharashtra cabinet amid a row over the death of a woman, the saffron party on Monday praised Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for doing his duty and asked state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to follow his "raj dharma" by nominating 12 MLCs from his quota.

In the editorial in the party mouthpiece 'Saamana', the Sena described Koshyari as a "BJP-appointed governor" and accused him of delaying the decision to nominate 12 members as MLCs from his quota, which the Thackeray-led party alleged is "against the Constitution".