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Emotional Uddhav offers to quit as Shiv Sena UBT president amid MP revolt
The Hindu··20 Jun
The Hindu reported that Uddhav Thackeray on Shiv Sena's 60th foundation day offered to step down if party leaders believed allegations by defecting MPs, while calling for Operation Lotus in response to Operation Tiger.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Maharashtra's opposition bloc could lose six more Lok Sabha MPs.
- Shiv Sena factional war may reshape INDIA alliance strength.
- Defection politics is intensifying ahead of state polls.
What's Happening
- Uddhav offered to resign at Shanmukhananda Hall in Mumbai.
- Shinde held a rival foundation day event in Goregaon.
- Disciplinary action began against six absent MPs.
Party History
- Shinde split the party in 2022 taking 40 of 55 MLAs.
- This is the second major Shiv Sena fracture in four years.
- UBT remains a key INDIA bloc ally in Maharashtra.
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