Bid to show MVA unity at UBT-MNS rally but only token representation: Observers. Days after Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray reportedly questioned Congress’s decision to hold separate protests against EC and suggested that all opposition parties instead organise a joint protest under the INDIA banner, MVA, the opposition bloc in the state, tried to put up a united front at Sunday’s protest but many top netas were conspicuous by their absence.