Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Uddhav Thackeray and Sanjay Raut on Thursday reportedly moved an application in a court in Mumbai seeking discharge in a defamation case filed against them by Rahul Shewale, an MP from the rival Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, reported the PTI.

In his complaint, Rahul Shewale has accused them of publishing defamatory articles against him in Sena (UBT) mouthpiece `Saamana`, as per the PTI.