Poster wars have begun in Mumbai as the I-N-D-I-A bloc convenes for its third meeting on Thursday. A banner inscribed with an old statement of Shiv Sena founder Balasaheb Thackeray was put up parallel to the one of Opposition bloc on Western Express Highway in Santacruz. A report in ANI stated, the banner quoted a statement by Balasaheb in Marathi saying, “I will not let Shiv Sena become the Congress.”

The ANI report stated that the banner is being construed as a sly dig at the rival Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray for forming an alliance with Congress under the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the previous ruling alliance in Maharashtra which is now under the banner of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (I-N-D-I-A).