India, July 19 -- The spectre of the Shiv Sena existing without a Thackeray family member at the helm - a possibility first floated in 2022 after the vertical split in the Sena orchestrated by Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde - appears to be nearing reality. Last week, the entry of six of the nine Members of Parliament from the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) into the Sena was approved by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla, the latest in a string of setbacks for the Thackeray family after the 2022 split, the collapse of the state government, the drubbing in the assembly polls and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation elections. Despite some public sympathy for Uddhav Thackeray and the family connect with the Maratha populat...