India, June 14 -- Uddhav Thackeray is rallying his flock once again, after Union minister Pratap Jadhav of the Shiv Sena said it was only a matter of time before Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs switched sides.

Thackeray has called all nine Sena (UBT) MPs to Mumbai on Sunday, in light of Jadhav's remark, although party MP Sanjay Raut called the meeting "routine".

Talk of defections has intensified as the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress fractures, with a likely breakaway faction backing the BJP-led NDA government in Delhi. These developments could weaken the standing of the Shiv Sena, another regional party, and Sena chief and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde is trying to shore up his position by getting Sena (UBT) MPs to switch...