India, June 19 -- Shiv Sena's 60th foundation day celebrations on Friday unfolded amid fresh rebellion buzz, competing claims over Bal Thackeray's legacy and growing questions over the future of the two rival factions that emerged from the party's split in 2022.

The Diamond Jubilee celebrations assume added significance this year against the backdrop of "Operation Tiger", a term used for speculation that several MPs from the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) are in touch with the Eknath Shinde camp and could join the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Sena (UBT) MPs Sanjay Dina Patil, Sanjay Deshmukh, Sanjay Jadhav, Bhausaheb Wakchaure, Nagesh Patil-Ashtikar and Omprakash Raje Nimbalkar ...