India, April 13 -- With the cold war between Mahayuti allies Shiv Sena and BJP showing no signs of abating, Shiv Sena chief and deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde has been working on strengthening the party, along with his son and Thane MP Shrikant Shinde. The deputy chief minister has, over the past week, travelled to Solapur and Darashiv districts, and urged party workers to reach out to the public, while his son has urged office-bearers in Pune to start preparing for the next Lok Sabha and assembly polls, sources in the Sena told Hindustan Times.

During the meetings, the deputy chief minister expressed deep concern over the upcoming special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Maharashtra and asked party workers to closely ...