Six MPs from Shiv Sena (UBT) joined the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Monday at a Mumbai press conference, reducing Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Lok Sabha strength to three. The MPs submitted letters to the Lok Sabha Speaker and skipped a June 17 parliamentary party meeting. One source reports an increase in the Shinde faction's strength from 7 to 13 MPs, a claim contradicted by the second source.