As the four-day-old political crisis, triggered due to a revolt by a group of Sena MLAs led by cabinet minister Shinde, showed no signs of heading towards a resolution, Thackeray upped the ante and said those who want to leave can do so and communicated directly with Shiv Sainiks and mid-level functionaries. Meanwhile, disqualification notices have been served to 16 rebellious MLAs of Shiv Sena for abstaining from a meeting called upon by Party Whip Sunil Prabhu. They have been asked to give a written reply with documents supporting their claim by Monday 5 pm. Watch this episode.