Sympathy is piling high at Uddhav Thackeray’s door. Even those who were not traditionally aligned with the Shiv Sena in the past are now speaking in tones that support him. It has dawned on the Shiv Sainiks that the 56-year-old party founded by Balasaheb Thackeray is fast collapsing and the two warring factions – represented by Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde - with their new symbols and names will stand in place of that Shiv Sena. The burning torch (Mashaal) symbol of the Thackeray faction and the shield and double swords (Dhal-talwar) of the Shinde faction are pitted against each other in the fight for supremacy for a party that has represented the aspirations of the Marathi manoos or the sons-of-the-soil.