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Six Shiv Sena UBT MPs defect to Shinde camp leaving Uddhav with three Lok Sabha members
The Wire··24 Jun
The Wire reported that on June 22 Sanjay Patil, Sanjay Deshmukh, Nagesh Ashtikar, Omprakash Nimbalkar, Sanjay Jadhav and Bhausaheb Wakchaure joined Eknath Shinde as Operation Tiger succeeded four years after the 2022 vertical split that toppled the MVA government.
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What It Means For You
- Maharashtra opposition shrinks to three Lok Sabha MPs.
- Defection battles test anti-defection law thresholds.
- MVA unity faces another major stress test.
What's Happening
- Six UBT MPs joined Shinde's Shiv Sena on June 22.
- Shinde declared Operation Tiger a success.
- Thackeray's faction is reduced to three MPs.
Factional Crisis
- This is Sena's second split in under four years.
- UBT won nine seats in 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
- EC allotted bow and arrow symbol to Shinde faction.
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