Mumbai, April 12 -- The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena is likely to initiate legal action against an English newspaper for publishing a news report which claimed that an 'Operation Tiger' related meeting intended to engineer a defection of Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena MPs to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena was held on Wednesday night, in Thane.

Speaking to media persons here on Saturday after meeting Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at his Bandra East 'Matoshree' residence, Sena MP Arvind Sawant said, "Today's meeting at 'Matoshree' was about the organisational work of the Sena's trade union wing Bharatiya Kamgar Sena. I go to 'Matoshree' everyday. That's where I work. The news which was published is just an example of 'sales journalism'...