The absent lawmakers—Sanjay Jadhav, Sanjay Deshmukh, Omraje Nimbalkar, Bhausaheb Wakchaure, and Nagesh Patil Ashtikar—prompted immediate speculation of a renewed split. While the UBT camp quickly claimed that the missing MPs attended the session virtually, insiders revealed that Thackeray only managed to speak directly with Ashtikar.

Senior leader and MP Sanjay Raut clarified that all nine of its Lok Sabha MPs participated in the meeting either physically, virtually or through phone calls, dismissing rumours of any internal rift

Former CM and Shiv Sena-UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray has called an urgent meeting of all his party's Members of Parliament (MPs) on June 14.