Mumbai, June 22 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday trained guns on his party's rebel legislators, including Omraje Nimbalkar, while labelling them as "traitors". He said that splitting Shiv Sena was akn to "tearing Maharashtra apart".

While addressing a press conference here, he accused Dharashiv MP Omraje Nimbalkar of being a "notorious traitor" and said that UBT Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray was aware of the individual who allegedly paid Nimbalkar Rs 15 crore.

"Traitors have no ideology. Omraje (Nimbalkar) is a notorious traitor. Splitting the Shiv Sena is akin to tearing Maharashtra apart. Uddhav Thackeray knows who gave Omraje Rs 15 crore in the first place," Raut said.

Targeting claims of development made by the rebel MP, h...