Mumbai , June 18 -- Another split within Shiv Sena (UBT) was effectively confirmed on Thursday after six of the party's nine Lok Sabha MPs submitted a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking a merger of their group with the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
The six rebel MPs include Sanjay Dina Patil (Mumbai North East), Sanjay Deshmukh (Yavatmal-Washim), Nagesh Patil Ashtikar (Hingoli), Sanjay Jadhav (Parbhani), Bhausaheb Wakchaure (Shirdi-SC) and Omprakash alias Om Raje Nimbalkar (Osmanabad).
The three MPs who have remained loyal to Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray are Arvind Sawant (Mumbai South), Anil Desai (Mumbai South Central) and Rajabhau Waze (Nashik).
Amid the unfolding political crisi...