Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 10:14am on 18 Jun 2026,Thursday Politics
Six rebel MPs from Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT) have met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, claiming the party has drifted from its original ideology and is moving towards a merger with the Congress. The MPs also requested seating arrangements closer to members of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction in Parliament. The Thackeray camp has strongly opposed the move, issuing seven-day show-cause notices to the rebels and urging the Speaker to reject their demands. The development marks a fresh challenge for Uddhav Thackeray, four years after the split led by Eknath Shinde in 2022.
