Shiv Sena (UBT) points whip as insurgent MPs eye assembly with Speaker Om Birla | India Information
3 min learnNew DelhiJun 17, 2026 12:56 PM IST
Whilst hypothesis grows over a potential break up inside the Shiv Sena (UBT), with six of its 9 Lok Sabha MPs reportedly making ready to method Speaker Om Birla for separate recognition, the Uddhav Thackeray-led occasion has issued a whip directing all its lawmakers to attend a parliamentary occasion assembly Thursday.
Sena (UBT) chief Anil Desai instructed reporters in Delhi that each one MPs had expressed help for the occasion at a June 14 assembly, however added that they wanted to stay cautious amid reviews circulating within the media and on social platforms.
Desai stated the occasion has submitted a memorandum to the Speaker and that the Sena (UBT) parliamentary occasion would meet Thursday.
Nevertheless, a transparent image will emerge solely after the insurgent MPs meet the Lok Sabha Speaker.
In the meantime, Sena (UBT) MP Bhausahab Wakchaure instructed reporters he had not been contacted by anybody from the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and would proceed to help Uddhav Thackeray.
‘Apna Sapna Cash Cash’
Whereas Desai stated that the Sena (UBT) has religion in its MPs, occasion chief Sanjay Raut alleged that the lawmakers had been being supplied Rs. 50 crore to shift sides.
“Apna Sapna Cash Cash! …The Minimal Assist Worth is fastened at Rs 50 crore per MP. Rs 15 crore is simply the advance. Frankly, these individuals aren’t even price Rs 50,000. Their worth has solely gone up due to the Shiv Sena and TMC model label,” Raut stated on X.
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Sources near Shrikant Shinde, chief of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, stated about six “insurgent” Sena (UBT) MPs are already within the nationwide capital. They’d deliberate to satisfy Birla at his home within the morning, however they might now see the Speaker in Parliament later within the day.
“Principally, two-thirds of the Sena (UBT) will make the shift right this moment, thus not attracting the anti-defection legislation,” stated a supply.
Nevertheless, whereas Shinde-led Shiv Sena is claiming help of two-thirds of the 9 Shiv Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha MPs, Arvind Sawant of Sena (UBT) stated that democracy had been lowered to a “market”. “These accused by the Prime Minister of being corrupt are made chief ministers,” he stated.
Sawant added that the occasion had written to the Speaker to avoid wasting the Structure. “The occasion is the occasion. Particular person MPs and MLAs are usually not the occasion,” he stated, including that the Sena (UBT) had issued a whip for a gathering Thursday.
