Goa, June 18 -- A fresh political controversy has erupted in Maharashtra over an alleged "Operation Tiger", a reported attempt by the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena to engineer a split in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT).

For the past few days, Shiv Sena (UBT) has been holding meetings with its nine Lok Sabha MPs amid claims that six of them could break away and join the rival Shinde faction. The term "Operation Tiger" is a reference to the tiger symbol that was once closely associated with the undivided Shiv Sena founded by Bal Thackeray.

According to reports, a group of six MPs could form a separate faction and later merge with the Shinde-led Sena in Parliament. However, these claims have not been independently verified.

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