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SC seeks Lok Sabha Speaker’s response on merger of Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs Syllabus: Advertisement Preliminary Examination: Indian Polity and Governance-Constitution, Political System, Panchayati Raj, Public Policy, Rights Issues, etc. Mains Examination: General Studies II: Parliament and State legislatures—structure, functioning, conduct of business, powers & privileges and issues arising out of these. What’s the ongoing story: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to order any interim stay on Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s decision recognising the merger of six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena, but agreed to hear a challenge against the order after two weeks….