Mumbai, June 17 -- In the backdrop of the ongoing political buzz surrounding "Operation Tiger" to wean away Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs to the Eknath Shinde Sena faction, the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar) group has reportedly sounded an alert reaching out to all its Members of Parliament to be wary of any political overtures.

NCP sources said on Wednesday that a meeting of the party's eight MPs is likely to be held within the next couple of days to keep the flock together.

The Sharad Pawar-led NCP won eight Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 general elections. With recent political developments in Maharashtra creating uncertainty, the party leadership is understood to be taking proactive measures to ensure unity within its parliamentary rank...