In an indication that the Shiv Sena (UBT) hasn`t taken the defeat of its candidate at the hands of a Congress rebel in the Sangli Lok Sabha constituency lightly, Uddhav Thackeray and his party leaders skipped an event in Sangli in which other senior MVA leaders participated on Thursday.

Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, NCP-SP President Sharad Pawar and many others from MVA parties, except Shiv Sena (UBT), were in full attendance. The event was organised to unveil the statue of the former Congress minister and founder of Bharati Vidyapeeth, the late Dr Patangrao Kadam. Dr Vishwajeet Kadam, a Congress MLA, had invited the leaders.