India, Nov. 2 -- It's been seven years since the undivided Shiv Sena and BJP split over the issue of chief ministership after the 2019 elections but both chief minister Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray have not forgotten the episode that later changed the course of politics in Maharashtra.

Speaking on Thursday at the release of a book on Maharashtra's cartoonists compiled by renowned cartoonist Prashant Kulkarni, Fadnavis referred to his cabinet colleague Ashish Shelar's remark that Fadnavis never disappointed if Raj Thackeray called him to attend any function. "I also used to go every time Uddhavji called me till 2019. After that he did not call me. I kept waiting but the phone never rang," Fadnavis said. He ...