Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Sanjay Raut on Sunday asserted that all nine Shiv Sena (UBT) lawmakers participated in a routine meeting chaired by party chief Uddhav Thackeray and strongly dismissed speculation about the party's parliamentarians defecting to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena amid reports of 'Operation Tiger'.

Addressing reporters after the meeting at Thackeray's residence, 'Matoshree', in Mumbai, Raut said four MPs attended in person while five joined via video-conferencing.