India, June 18 -- Six Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena MPs are understood to have signed a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker on Wednesday seeking merger with Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. The party currently has nine MPs in the Lower House of Parliament.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Shinde arrived in Delhi on Tuesday night with the letter from the rebel MPs to Om Birla. Sources said the names included Lok Sabha MP from Mumbai North East Sanjay Dina Patil, Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure (MP from Shirdi), Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav (MP from Parbhani), Nagesh Bapurao Patil Ashtikar (Hingoli MP), Sanjay Deshmukh (Yavatmal MP) and Omprakash Rajenimbalkar (Darashiv MP). The six MPs had not turned up to attend a scheduled meeting called by party chief...