While the Trinamool Congress (TMC) crisis in West Bengal dominates headlines, a possible rift is brewing in Maharashtra's Shiv Sena, led by Uddhav Thackeray.
Several Shiv Sena leaders have made attempts to reach out to members of the rival Eknath Shinde faction, sparking defection rumors.
Uddhav Thackeray has called a meeting of all nine Lok Sabha MPs, with four attending in person and five joining online.
Meetings and invitations have fueled rumors of a possible split, with the rival Sena camp needing at least six MPs to switch sides to formally engineer a split.
Shiv Sena (UBT) has rubbished defection rumors, with Uddhav Thackeray asserting that all party MPs are with him.
However, several lawmakers from the Shiv Sena (UBT) camp have met top leaders of the Shiv Sena and the BJP in recent weeks, sparking speculation about a rift within the party.
