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Two Maharashtra<\/a> Lok Sabha MPs from Shiv Sena<\/a> (UBT) did not sign the letter to the Speaker on Wednesday (June 17, 2026), thereby halting \u2018Operation Tiger\u2019 for the day, top sources confirmed to The Hindu<\/i>. The two MPs are Omraje Nimbalkar and Sanjay Dina Patil. Of them, Sanjay Dina Patil was in touch with the Uddhav Sena leaders till Wednesday afternoon, sources said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Operation Tiger\u2019 is an informal term referring to the speculations over six MPs from Shiv Sena (UBT) likely to quit the party and join the Shinde-led Shiv Sena. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut had alleged that Maharashtra\u2019s MPs are being bought for \u20b950 crore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Top sources said that \u2018Operation Tiger\u2019 would not fructify if six Lok Sabha MPs don\u2019t come together. \u201cThis is still a long process. After they come together and sign a letter, they will have to present themselves in front of the Speaker. Due process will follow thereafter. It is not a matter of a day or a two,\u201d a senior leader told The Hindu.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders claimed that their MP Omraje Nimbalkar was allegedly being pressured due to a court verdict related to the assassination of his father, Pawanraje Nimbalkar.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Omraje Nimbalkar, the hanging sword is the judgement in the Pawanraje Nimbalkar case. It has been deferred to 20th June. We have learnt that the judgement is contingent on whether he supports Shiv Sena,\u201d a Sena UBT leader said.<\/p>\n

A special CBI court in Mumbai will pronounce its judgment in the 2006 murder case of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar on June 20. The case, which has seen a trial lasting 15 years, involves allegations of a contract-killing conspiracy against former NCP MP Padamsinh Patil, the victim\u2019s cousin.<\/p>\n

The letter written by the Shiv Sena (UBT) Parliamentary Party leader Arvind Sawant<\/a> was accessed by\u00a0The Hindu<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Elaborating on the interpretation of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, Mr. Sawant\u2019s letter states: \u201cAt the outset, I would like to emphasise that the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) is one political party and remains so in the eyes of law. The parliamentary party owes its existence entirely to, and functions as a constituent part of, the political party. The constitutional framework does not envisage the existence of multiple competing formations claiming to represent the same political party within the House. Consequently, there can be only one authorised party leadership in Parliament, one recognised party Whip, and one recognised party structure acting under the authority of the political party and its competent organs.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the letter, the party has referred to constitutional provisions, and interpretations by the Supreme Court, while claiming the right to be heard before any decision was taken.<\/p>\n

It has said that two separate conditions need to be fulfilled when it comes to a merger.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFirst, a merger of the original political party; and second, the support of not less than two-thirds of the members of the legislature party concerned. The two requirements operate conjunctively and not disjunctively. Public reports appear to proceed on the erroneous assumption that the numerical requirement alone is sufficient. That is contrary to the Constitution and its interpretation by the Supreme Court. Accordingly, even assuming, without admitting, that a particular number of members of the legislature party have acted in concert, there has been no merger of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) with any other political party, nor has there been any constitutionally recognised transformation of the political party into another entity. The distinction deliberately drawn by the Constitution between a \u2018political party\u2019 and a \u2018legislature party\u2019 makes it clear that the conditions relating to both must be satisfied before Paragraph 4 can be invoked,\u201d the letter said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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