Sena (UBT) MPs meet Lok Sabha speaker Birla, seek copy of demands by six rebel leaders

After the meeting, Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs Anil Desai and Arvind Sawant told reporters that they had requested the Speaker to “uphold the provisions of the Constitution” and sought a copy of the rebels’ demands.

“We asked him if he had received any appeal from the rebels...” Sawant said, adding that the Speaker had told them he had not received anything in writing from the rebel MPs.

Desai said they had emphasised to the Speaker that the Tenth Schedule is clear: “Any group of a legislature party cannot merge into some other party on its own, even if they have a two-thirds majority”.