Amid talks of a possible split in Shiv Sena (UBT), led by Uddhav Thackeray, party leader Sanjay Raut has alleged attempts by the BJP to bribe the MPs. In an X post on Tuesday night, Raut alleged that Rs 15 crore each was being offered to MPs to break away from the party.
Of nine Sena (UBT) MPs, five recently didn’t attend a meeting called by Uddhav in Mumbai. Reports suggest these five MPs are headed towards Delhi now.
The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has already faced a split, with 20 of the 28 Lok Sabha MPs writing to Speaker Om Birla, seeking recognition as a separate bloc backing the BJP-led NDA.
Meanwhile, the government has said the moment it gets a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha, it will pilot and pass the pending Constitution 131st Amendment Bill, which a joint Opposition defeated recently in a special session. The NDA is short of a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha but is inching close to it in the Rajya Sabha.
