After the Supreme Court asked the Devendra Fadnavis-led government to prove its majority in a floor test in the legislative assembly on Wednesday, Shiv sainiks increased vigil at hotels in Mumbai, where the MLAs were housed.

Sainiks arrived in large numbers at a five-star hotel in Santacruz, where Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLAs were staying. They were seen standing in groups of four to five and keeping a close tab on the vehicles entering and leaving the hotel.