India, June 20 -- Rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Omraje Nimbalkar, the last of the six to join the breakaway group, said on Friday that the move was crucial to keep up the fight against rivals in the extended family, allegedly responsible for the killing of his father Pawanraje Nimbalkar. The main accused in the case is his uncle and former NCP minister Padamasinh Patil whose son Rana Jagjitsinh is now a BJP MLA.

"The governing coalition obstructed my efforts at every turn. I was compelled to take this decision to counter the might of the rivals who are strongly backed by the ruling BJP," Nimbalkar told HT, adding that he will make his stand (on defection) clear after the verdict in his father's murder case on June 20.

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