Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis declared 'Operation Tiger' successful, stating that the body is in very good health and no one needs to worry. Eknath Shinde, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister, also said the operation was successful and added that he does not leave any operation incomplete. Shinde claimed that MPs from the Uddhav Thackeray camp were abused and used the phrase 'chemical locha' in reference to their situation, saying breaking news would follow soon. According to reports, six Shiv Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha MPs — Sanjay Dina Patil, Sanjay Deshmukh, Sanjay Jadhav, Bhausaheb Wakchaure, Nagesh Patil Ashtikar, and Omraje Nimbalkar — did not attend the party’s parliamentary meeting. Nagesh Patil Ashtikar and Omraje Nimbalkar confirmed their decision to join the Shinde faction, citing financial constraints and their status in the Opposition. Party sources said all six MPs were slated to merge with Shiv Sena. Shinde accused Uddhav Thackeray of abandoning Balasaheb Thackeray’s principles for the sake of power, of troubling Balasaheb during his lifetime, and of honouring individuals Balasaheb Thackeray had opposed after his death. Shinde described Shiv Sena as an ideology and compared it to a saffron cloud, saying those who forgot the saffron ideology suffered losses. He said Uddhav Thackeray forgot Balasaheb’s ideology for the sake of a chair. The term 'Operation Tiger' refers to an alleged bid to engineer defections from Shiv Sena (UBT) to strengthen the Shinde faction’s numbers in Parliament and is seen as a reference to the tiger, the iconic symbol of the undivided Shiv Sena founded by Bal Thackeray.