Mumbai, Nov 20 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said fighting had started within the Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra, and Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's latest meeting with senior BJP leader Amit Shah showed Shinde's helpless situation.

Speaking at a gathering of the Shikshak Sena, teachers' wing of his party, Thackeray also took a swipe at the BJP, saying when other parties offer pre-polls sops, it is called `revdi', but when the ruling party does the same thing, it is seen as a favour to the people.

"They (Mahayuti partners) have started fighting among themselves. Someone has gone to Delhi to rant that he has been beaten up. Why this helplessness?" Thackeray said, without naming Shinde who heads the rival Shiv Sena.

The ruling Mahayuti comprises the BJP

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