On Wednesday, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena nominated Rajan Vichare as the party's chief whip in Lok Sabha. "Vichare replaced MP Bhavana Gawali," party leader Sanjay Raut said.

"It is to inform you that Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party has nominated Rajan Vichare, MP (LS) as the chief whip in Lok Sabha in place of Bhavana Gawali, MP (LS), with immediate effect," Raut said in a letter to Parliamentary Affairs minister Pralhad Joshi.