The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government, which comprised the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, collapsed in June after a revolt led by Shinde against the Sena leadership.
Shinde was later sworn in as the chief minister with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy.
The two factions have engaged in bitter war of words claiming they are the “real” Shiv Sena and the torchbearer Balasaheb Thackeray’s legacy.