The Shiv Sena MLA camp fell completely silent moments after news of the swearing-in broke on Saturday morning. With confusion prevailing over the NCP's stand, the message sent out by the top leadership was to stay calm.

The MLAs currently staying at The Lalit, Andheri, since Friday did not know what needed to be done and were seen hanging around at the hotel. Things became clear only around 12.30 pm during the press conference taken by Uddhav Thackeray and NCP leader Sharad Pawar, where the latter revealed his stand. By 4.30 pm, Uddhav showed up at the hotel. MLAs Ravindra Waikar and Sunil Prabhu whisked him into a private room straight away, where he put them at ease over the current scenario and told them not to worry.