Mumbai, June 24 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant on Wednesday said they met Lok Sabha Speaker following the decision of party rebels to join another party and urged him to hear them before taking any decision.

Sawant, who was accompanied by party MP Anil Desai, said they had written to the Speaker earlier following the parliamentary party meeting and have written to him again.

"You know that six of our Shiv Sena MPs from the Uddhav Thackeray-led party left the party and joined another party. Anil Desai and I met Lok Sabha Speaker last week and submitted a request regarding this matter. In that request, we stated that if any individual or MP comes to you individually or in a group and says they want to leave, you should protect the Co...