After Election Commission's (EC) decision to recognise the faction led by Eknath Shinde as the real Shiv Sena, the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) lost verification on Twitter after it changed its handle from @ShivSena to @ShivSenaUBT_.

The party's media handle @ShivsenaComms also lost its verified blue tick and it has been named as @ShivsenaUBTComm. There is no verified handle called @ShivSena on Twitter. The website of Shiv Sena, with the domain name shivsena.in, has also been deleted.