India, June 29 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday took a dig at Dharashiv MP Omraje Nimbalkar, who defected to the ruling Shiv Sena along with five others last week. Without naming him, he said that Nimbalkar was aware that the NDA needed six MPs in order to stay outside the purview of the anti-defection law, and had delayed his going only to increase his rate.

Thackeray, who was touring Dharashiv and Parbhani, the constituency of another defector Sanjay Jadhav, said that during a recent meeting called at Matoshree, Nimbalkar was present in online mode, saying that his son was unwell in Pune. "But when I asked him, he said that everything was okay and that's when I first smelt a rat," he said.

Last weekend, the Sena (UB...