On March 7, Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray visited Ayodhya for the second time in 16 months. The last time he was here, on November 22, 2018, he was a sulking ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), seeking a respectable share in power in Maharashtra. The Supreme Court was yet to give its verdict on the title suit.