In an open letter to Uddhav Thackeray, rebel Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Shirsat who has joined the Eknath Shinde camp, said that the chief minister's house was inaccessible. He further claimed that Shinde took the step of going against the party leadership as Sena MLAs, who faced 'humilitation' for the last two-and-a-half years, persuaded him to do so. In a letter dated June 22, Shirsat, an MLA from the Aurangabad (West) Assembly seat, alleged that despite the Shiv Sena being in power and having its own chief minister, Thackeray's entourage never granted them access to the CM's official mansion.