It is dig-in-your-heels and refuse-to-budge time for both the BJP and Shiv Sena, whose tiff over who would become the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, is still hissing and spitting. Devendra Fadnavis was elected the leader of the state BJP legislative party yesterday, and while the CM made the correct noises, 'crediting' Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray for the alliance's win in the state, both parties are in 'we are not relenting mode'. City loyalists and members of both parties weighed in on the debate.

Sena's Sujata Sanap said, "The chief minister will be from the Sena. Why can't Aaditya Thackeray be the CM?" When said that there was a belief that Aaditya still needed time to grow into the job, Sanap retorted, "Hasn't the Sena controlled the BMC for so many years? The city has worked well under the BMC-ruled Sena. It's a well-oiled machinery. So, the city will do well if we have a CM from the Sena. There is no question about experience. Why have these doubts when people themselves want a change? We have to do justice to popular sentiment."