India, June 22 -- After a sessions court on Saturday acquitted all the accused in the murder of Pawanraje Nimbalkar, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Omraje Nimbalkar's father, Uddhav Thackeray made one last attempt to convince Nimbalkar to not join the rival Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde. The MP had said that he would make up his mind after the verdict and after consulting his colleagues in his constituency.

After lambasting Nimbalkar and the other five errant MPs on Friday, the Sena (UBT) chief on Saturday sent Dharashiv MLA Kailas Patil, who is close to Nimbalkar, and MLA Varun Sardesai with a message for the MP: to forget the last two days and work together. According to a leader from the Thackeray camp, both MLAs told Nimbalkar that Thackeray sa...