How two Maharashtra MPs’ refusal to sign halt Operation Tiger

Highly placed sources confirmed that two Maharashtra Lok Sabha MPs from Shiv Sena (UBT) did not sign the letter sent to the Speaker on Wednesday, June 17, 2026 and hence Operation Tiger was stopped for that day. Hindu. The two MPs are Omraje Nimbalkar and Sanjay Dina Patil. Of them, Sanjay Dina Patil was in touch with Uddhav Sena leaders till Wednesday afternoon, sources said.

Meanwhile, senior sources said that Operation Tiger will not yield results if six Lok Sabha MPs do not come together. “It is still a long process. They will have to present themselves before the Speaker after coming together and signing a letter. After that, legal process will follow. It is not a matter of one or two days,” said a senior leader. Hindu.

Meanwhile, Shiv Sena UBT leaders claimed that they were under pressure due to the court order regarding the assassination of MP Omraje Nimbalkar’s father Pawanraje Nimbalkar. “The sword hanging for Omraje Nimbalkar is the verdict in the Pawanraje Nimbalkar case. It has been postponed to June 20. We have learned that the verdict depends on whether he supports Shiv Sena or not,” said a Sena UBT leader.

A special CBI court in Mumbai will announce its verdict in the 2006 murder case of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar on June 20. The case, which witnessed a 15-year-long trial, involves allegations of a contract murder conspiracy against former NCP MP Padamsinh Patil, who is the victim’s cousin.

The letter written by Shiv Sena (UBT) Parliamentary Party leader Arvind Sawant was accessed at the following address: Hindu.

Elaborating on the interpretation of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, Mr. Sawant’s letter says: “At the outset, I would like to emphasize that the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) is a single political party and remains so in the eyes of the law. The parliamentary party owes its existence entirely to the political party and functions as a part of it. The constitutional framework does not envisage the existence of more than one rival entity claiming to represent the same political party in the House. As a result, there is only one competent party leadership in the House, one recognized party Whip.” and there may be a recognized party structure acting under the authority of the political party and its competent bodies.”

In the letter, the party requested the right to be heard before any decision is taken, citing constitutional provisions and the Supreme Court’s interpretations.

He said that when it comes to a merger, two separate conditions must be met.

“Firstly, the association of the principal political party and secondly, the support of at least two-thirds of the members of the legislature party concerned. These two requirements operate in conjunction and not separately. The public reports appear to proceed on the erroneous assumption that the numerical requirement alone is sufficient. This is contrary to the Constitution and the interpretation of the Constitution made by the Supreme Court. Accordingly, even if we assume that a certain number of members of the legislature party act together, without admitting it, the letter states that Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb) Thackeray) with any other political party, or the constitutional conversion of a political party into another entity, the Constitution’s deliberate distinction between a ‘political party’ and a ‘legislature party’ makes clear that the conditions relating to both must be met before paragraph 4 can be applied.”