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Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction faces a significant challenge as six rebel MPs have requested the Lok Sabha Speaker for recognition as a separate group. , India News, Times Now

Sources indicate that these MPs are likely to be in Delhi on June 22 to advance the process of merging with the Shinde-led Shiv Sena. They could be formally inducted into or merged with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on that day.

Shiv Sena (UBT) is moving against six Lok Sabha MPs who skipped its Delhi meeting and are suspected of backing a merger with the Shinde camp. The standoff has opened a legal and political battle over defection rules, the Speaker's role and the party's parliamentary strength.

Amid heightened speculation about a likely split in the Shiv Sena (UBT), a group of rebel party leaders is learnt to have met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla informally on Wednesday

Six Sena UBT MPs quietly reached Delhi from various destinations shortly after midnight on June 16, met Eknath Shinde and submitted a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker. A second split in Uddhav Thackeray's Sena faction is almost inevitable.

MUMBAI: Amid reports that six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs formed a separate group in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and submitted a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to that effect, and that the six MPs are set to join the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on June 19, the party's foundation day in Mumbai, Shiv Sena minister Uday Samant said that "many formidable ones have been subdued".

The development comes a day after a group of rebel UBT leaders met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and claimed to have support of six out of nine party MPs in the Lower House. Considering this, the UBT has issued a three-line whip to all Lok Sabha members to attend Thursday's parliamentary meeting.

Amid speculation of a fresh split in Shiv Sena (UBT), rebel leaders have reportedly claimed the support of six MPs before Speaker Om Birla, with Uddhav Thackeray's camp holding a crucial meeting today., India News, Times Now

The Sena (UBT)'s group leader in the Lok Sabha, Arvind Sawant, on Wednesday issued a whip, asking all nine Lok Sabha MPs to attend a meeting of the party's parliamentary unit at 11 am on Thursday in New Delhi | Mumbai news

Two of the six Sena UBT MPs said to be part of the breakaway group, Omraje Nimbalkar from Dharashiv and Sanjay Patil from Mumbai North East, have not signed the letter sent to LS Speaker for recognition as a separate group, Sena UBT claimed.