As the Shiv Sena UBT is facing a deep crisis with a significant number of MPs turned rebels, party chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday offered to quit from his position amid mistrust in the leadership.

At the meeting, Banerjee was accompanied by senior TMC leaders Kalyan Banerjee, Derek O’Brien, Mahua Moitra, and Sougata Roy. They sought to invalidate the rebels MPs’ claims of a merger with the Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday took an indirect jibe at the ongoing “Operation Tiger” buzz within the Shiv Sena (UBT), stressing that current events are merely the “trailer” and that the “full picture” is yet to come.