Shiv Sena leader Milind Deora - the Eknath Shinde faction's pick to try and win back the Worli Assembly seat from Uddhav Thackeray's Sena bloc - played down any talk of a 'personal' contest with Aaditya Thackeray, the former Chief Minister's son, who claimed an imperious win in the 2019 election.
He did, however, criticise Aaditya Thackeray and his party's failure to develop Worli, declaring the people of the south Mumbai neighbourhood were "tired of speed breaker politics" hampering growth of the area.