As six Shiv Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha MPs are set to formally join Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, party workers presented Shinde with a golden-coloured tiger statue as he entered Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. The gesture comes amid the party's reported "Operation Tiger" campaign to persuade Sena (UBT) leaders to switch camps. The tiger is an iconic symbol of undivided Shiv Sena.