Mumbai, June 16 -- Amidst speculations surrounding 'Operation Tiger', Shiv Sena MLA Deepak Kesarkar, representing the Eknath Shinde-led faction, today asserted that "Tiger is the symbol of Shiv Sena and it is getting stronger day by day".
In a video shared on its X account (formerly Twitter), MLA Kesarkar said, "Why is it called Operation Tiger? Because the tiger is the symbol of Shiv Sena, and Shiv Sena is getting stronger day by day.
The metaphor of the 'tiger' functions here as a rhetorical device signalling political consolidation rather than an Election Commission-allotted symbol.
'Operation Tiger' refers to reported efforts by the Shinde faction to induce defections among MPs of the Uddhav Thackeray-led rival Shiv Sena (UBT).
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