While some NCP MLAs lodged in the Grand Hyatt hotel in Mumbai feared that they might be disqualified from their position in the State Assembly, party chief Sharad Pawar during the meeting of the 162 MLAs on Monday evening told them that there was no reason to worry. He said that he had a word with experts regarding it. He added that Ajit Pawar's orders would no longer be valid since he had been removed from the position of NCP group leader.

While interacting with the MLAs of all three parties — Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP — Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray also hinted at the three parties fighting the election together in the near future. As the Santacruz hotel became the centre-stage of the political drama in Maharashtra, MLAs of all three political parties were brought before the media to show the BJP that the three parries had the numbers to form the government. Pawar, Thackeray, and Maharashtra Congress chief Balasaheb Thorat along with senior leaders of all the three parties did a show of strength before the media.