India, June 16 -- While all eyes are on the east, where a crisis is underway in Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, a possible rift is silently brewing on the Western front too, where a key opposition party is heading towards a second split.

Bengal dominated headlines the past week, where a majority of TMC Lok Sabha MPs, led by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, parted ways with Mamata Banerjee.

However, while the Opposition INDIA bloc was reeling with a major setback in Bengal, several of Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena leaders have made attempts to reach out to members of Parliaments of the rival Uddhav faction.

Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has, meanwhile, has amped up efforts to reach out to its party MPs over possible defections....