Both factions of the Shiv Sena are engaged in a sort of competition to bring each other’s party workers into their respective camps. Each faction is attempting to weaken the other by attracting party workers to join their side. In the last three days, workers from Shinde’s Shiv Sena faction in Worli have joined the UBT faction, while UBT’s Palghar Lok Sabha candidate Bharti Kamdi has switched over to Shinde’s Shiv Sena.

Kamdi had secured 4 lakh votes in the Lok Sabha election. The same day, two shakha pramukhs from Shiv Sena in Worli, along with their party workers, joined UBT. Shiv Sena leader Aditya Thackeray, who contested from the Worli constituency, now faces Shiv Sena MP Milind Deora and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) candidate Sandeep Deshpande.