India, June 17 -- Six Shiv Sena (UBT) parliamentarians were likely to meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla in Delhi to submit a letter for the formation of a separate group, even as the party's parliamentary party chief Arvind Sawant issued a whip asking all nine Lok Sabha and one Rajya Sabha member to attend a meeting on Thursday. Sawant wrote to Birla requesting him not to recognise any breakaway group of Shiv Sena (UBT) parliamentarians.

People aware of the matter said Shiv Sena (UBT) parliamentarians Sanjay Jadhav, Bhausaheb Wakchaure, Sanjay Deshmukh, Nagesh Patil Ashtikar, Sanjay Patil, and Omraje Nimbalkar were likely to meet in Delhi on Wednesday before meeting Birla and submitting the letter. Jadhav is likely to be elected as the lea...