What happened
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla approved the merger of six Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MPs into the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The Lok Sabha decision gives formal parliamentary recognition to the shift of these members into the Shinde-led faction.
Why the development matters
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