Team Thackeray Rebels Write To Speaker, Announcement Likely Soon: Sources

Six Shiv Sena MPs wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announcing their change of allegiance to the Eknath Shinde faction. The merger is expected to be announced on June 21st, and the Thackeray faction has called a meeting for tomorrow to address the absence of these rebel MPs. The rebels' defection was accepted by the Speaker and the Election Commission, but Uddhav Thackeray is still pursuing legal action in the Supreme Court. The move appears well-planned with two-thirds of the party's strength in the Lok Sabha to bypass the anti-defection law.