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Amid speculations that astatine slightest six of its 9 Lok Sabha MPs are apt to rebel, the Shiv Sena (UBT) has convened a gathering of its parliamentary committee connected Thursday. The enactment issued a whip connected Wednesday aft penning to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla precocious nighttime connected Tuesday seeking exclusive designation arsenic the authorised faction successful Parliament. Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut and Lok Sabha MPs Arvind Sawant and Anil Desai besides met Mr. Birla connected Wednesday with a caveat letter, requesting him that the enactment should beryllium heard first, successful lawsuit immoderate different radical approaches him.
“When we met the Speaker, helium told america that cipher other had met him yet, that thing had reached him yet. We person afloat religion successful the system. We anticipation nary undue alleviation is fixed to them (rival faction),” Mr. Desai told The Hindu.
Six Sena (UBT) MPs – Sanjay Dina Patil, Sanjay Jadhav, Sanjay Deshmukh, Nagesh Patil Ashtikar, Bhausaheb Wakchaure, and Omraje Nimbalkar – reportedly comprise the rebel faction.
Sources confirmed to The Hindu that Mr. Sanjay Dina Patil and Mr. Nimbalkar had not signed the missive to the Speaker. Mr. Sanjay Dina Patil was successful interaction with enactment leaders till Wednesday afternoon, but went incommunicado thereafter, sources besides said.
On Wednesday, the enactment claimed that these breakaway MPs were offered ₹50 crore each, and fixed ₹15 crore earlier they boarded chartered flights to Delhi. “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) main Uddhav Thackeray,” said Mr. Raut.
Congress person Jairam Ramesh accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of resorting to breaking Opposition parties. “The Union Home Minister is continuing his onslaught connected the Opposition and his wrecking of Indian ideology to compensate for his humiliation successful the Lok Sabha connected April 17, 2026 erstwhile helium failed to person the Delimitation Bills passed. His allurements are enticing a fig of those who were elected conscionable 2 years agone connected a beardown anti-BJP docket to present articulation the BJP...,” helium posted connected X.
‘Judicial scrutiny’
Sena (UBT) leaders said the six MPs person been told that they mightiness look the sword of disqualification if they extremity up splitting from the party. “Whatever enactment the BJP takes successful the House, these MPs volition beryllium taxable to judicial scrutiny erstwhile we attack the court. It’s apt that the six person developed acold feet aft considering the repercussions,” a Sena (UBT) person said. “We’ll spot who each crook up for the meeting,” said different enactment MP.
