On Saturday, BJP MLA Santosh Danve claimed that Shiv Sena MLA Abdul Sattar had helped BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections in Maharashtra. The ruling Shiv Sena party's second nominee Sanjay Pawar could not win against BJP's Dhananjay Mahadik in a tight contest.

Santosh Danve said it was wrong on part of Sena MP Sanjay Raut to term some Independent MLAs traitors for not voting in favour of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) nominees in the RS polls.