Mumbai, June 15 -- Amidst strong rumours that Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Deshmukh met union Minister of State Prataprao Jadhav in Delhi today and that rebel Uddhav-led Sena MPs may even form a separate group before their likely meet with the Lok Sabha Speaker, Shiv Sena leader and chief party spokeperson Sanjay Raut put on a brave front claiming that 'Operation Tiger' has been foiledand all the UBT Sena MPs are united and stand loyally behind the party.

Significantly, Uddhav Thackeray-led Yavatmal-Washim MP Sanjay Deshmukh, who was supposedly occupied with work related to his daughter's wedding, had attended Sunday's meeting of all Shiv Sena MPs called by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, through a video conference facility f...