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Hello readers, the Shiv Sena (UBT) is staring at a crisis, with ‘six to seven’ of its nine Lok Sabha MPs keen to defect to the ruling Shiv Sena and camp in the national capital. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde also headed to Delhi late on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the disintegration of the TMC has opened up opposition space in West Bengal with the Congress and the CPI(M) now eyeing an opening to expand their tenuous influence in the state they once ruled. Follow all the latest updates here, only with DH!
Last update: June 17, 2026, 03:36 am IS
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Published June 17, 2026, 03:23 am IS
