New Delhi, July 18 -- The Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is expected to decide on Saturday on the merger of 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) and of six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, sources said.

According to sources, the Lok Sabha Speaker is in consultation with experts and may take a final decision on the merger.

Last month, rebel TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar led a total of 20 MPs and announced a merger with a regional NCPI. Shiv Sena (UBT) has also witnessed a split, with six Lok Sabha MPs joining the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

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