number of Shiv Sena supporting legislators Eknath Shinde Now reaches around 11 to 40 when the rebellion started. These include all five people from western Maharashtra. Sources said the move by the rebel MLAs is mostly due to the fear among Shiv Sena MLAs of losing to the NCP and Congress in their respective assembly constituencies.
Shiv Sena has five MLAs from five districts of western Maharashtra, including two from Satara and one each from Sangli, Kolhapur and Solapur. The MLAs going to the rebel camp are Anil Babar from Khanapur in Sangli, Prakashrao Abitkar from Radhanagari in Kolhapur, Shambhuraje Desai from Patan in Satara, Mahesh Shinde. Koregaon in Satara, and Shahji Patil from Sangola.