Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has doubled down on his abusive tirade against 'rebel' MPs who skipped a key meeting of the party's parliamentary wing.
Raut called the absent MPs 'traitors, dishonest, and frauds' and used derogatory language while referring to them.
He defended his remarks, saying such expressions are in 'regular usage in Maharashtra' and that he knows what kind of language is appropriate and when to use it.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) is facing an internal split and an attempt to form a separate grouping ahead of a possible merger with the Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
Speculation was already rife about the Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Lok Sabha ranks, however, the issue escalated after six of the party's nine MPs skipped the important parliamentary party meeting in the national capital.
