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Amid increasing speculation that six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs whitethorn discontinue the party, the enactment has convened a gathering of its parliamentary committee connected June 18 and written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking exclusive designation arsenic the party’s authorised faction successful Parliament. This comes adjacent arsenic elder leaders connected Wednesday (June 17, 2026) claimed that they person nary confirmed accusation astir the whereabouts or intentions of the MPs astatine the centre of the rumours.
At a property league held successful New Delhi, Shiv Sena UBT MPs Sanjay Raut, Arvind Sawant, and Anil Desai responded to the media astir the speculations connected ‘Operation Tiger’.
Mr. Raut claimed that Maharashtra’s MPs are being bought for ₹50 crore and that they sat successful a level lone aft they received ₹15 crore. “For now, we are each together, remainder I don’t know,” helium added.
Meanwhile, Sushama Andhare claimed that the leaders were accompanied to New Delhi by the leaders of Shiv Sena.
“We don’t cognize wherever they are astatine this point. All these MPs were elected connected the look of the undivided Shiv Sena founder, Bal Thackeray, and the hard enactment of Sena (UBT) chief, Uddhav Thackeray. They were elected by voters of the Shiv Sena (UBT). Similar things are happening, beryllium it successful Bengal, determination is nary constituent successful warring elections,” Mr. Raut said, adding that “this clip Maharashtra’s radical won’t spare the traitors”.
Speculation that six MPs from the Shiv Sena (UBT) are apt to discontinue the enactment and signifier a abstracted radical has been circulating for immoderate clip now. These leaders were absent from the gathering astatine Mr. Thackeray’s residence. The database of MPs includes Sanjay Dina Patil, Sanjay Jadhav, Sanjay Deshmukh, Nagesh Patil Ashtikar, Bhausaheb Wakchaure, and Omraje Nimbalkar.
“Being cautions”
Mr. Desai and Mr. Sawant, astatine the aforesaid property held successful New Delhi, besides said they are being cautious and pursuing the substance legally to debar the concern that occurred during the past divided successful 2022.
Highlighting the missive helium submitted to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla successful his capableness arsenic the person of the enactment successful the Lower House, Mr. Sawant said: “This clip we are being cautious. We person appealed to the Speaker not to recognise immoderate abstracted identity, status, facilities, privileges oregon designation to immoderate faction oregon rebel radical claiming affiliation with the party.”
In the missive submitted connected June 16, Mr Sawant mentioned, “At the outset, I would similar to emphasise that the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) is 1 governmental enactment and remains truthful successful the eyes of law. The parliamentary enactment owes its beingness wholly to, and functions arsenic a constituent portion of, the governmental party. The law model does not envisage the beingness of aggregate competing formations claiming to correspond the aforesaid governmental enactment wrong the House.”
Stating the constitution provisions, helium added, “The designation of a abstracted radical oregon faction oregon merger with different governmental enactment of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) wrong the Lok Sabha is unsupported by the law model governing governmental parties and legislative parties. Following the Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act, 2003, which abolished the divided provision, the Constitution recognises lone 1 constricted objection to disqualification connected relationship of governmental realignment, namely a merger wrong the meaning of Paragraph 4 of the Tenth Schedule.”
“MPs are pressured”
Mr. Raut besides pointed retired that radical successful powerfulness are besides utilizing unit to unit MPs to resign. Citing the illustration of MP Om Raje Nimbalkar, helium said: “He was threatened with the tribunal verdict of his begetter Pawanraje Nimbalkar’s execution case.”
The lawsuit was heard connected June 16, with the tribunal ordered to pronounce judgement connected June 20. “He was pressured by asking if you request a determination successful your favour, past motion and travel with us. Also, the verdict was pushed ahead,” Mr. Raut added.
Meanwhile, successful a station connected X, Mr. Raut alleged that 2 MPs were flown to Delhi from Nanded connected a chartered aircraft. “A chartered level lands astatine Nanded Airport, nether the guise of Operation Tiger, 2 MPs instrumentality off. They didn’t adjacent person the means to question by rickshaw. Thanks to Thackeray’s name, their worthy has risen to the level of flying successful backstage jets. An relationship of each azygous happening volition beryllium taken. What is this if not the flight of cowardly foxes?” helium said.
On Tuesday (June 16, 2026), helium claimed that ₹15 crores has been fixed to bargain each MP successful Maharashtra. “Apna Sapna money wealth (The imagination is lone money), the accusation of Maharashtra MPs to person an beforehand of Rs.15 crore contiguous is highly shocking and disgusting,” Mr. Raut said connected X, tagging Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
“These days volition excessively pass. For that, we request to marque definite decisions and instrumentality efforts to amended things. Don’t beryllium scared, things volition hap if they are meant to happen,” said Bhaskar Jadhav, different Shiv Sena (UBT) leader.
