Mumbai, April 27 -- Bharatiya Janata Party state Chief Spokesperson Navnath Ban has said that the votes of the UBT group and the Maha Vikas Aghadi may split if Uddhav Thackeray contests the MLC elections, leading to his possible defeat.

Ban said that Sanjay had said that "no one belongs to anyone in the Legislative Council elections. It is purely a matter of money, therefore, safeguard your votes".

Ban said: "This advice is in a way a warning to Uddhav Thackeray that if he contests the Legislative Council election, the votes of the UBT group and the Mahavikas Aghadi may split, leading to his likely defeat.""With the three parties in the Maha Vikas Aghadi pulling in different directions, there is little possibility of consensus in the Legi...