The poll body’s intervention comes months after an open rebellion in the Shiv Sena by Eknath Shinde and his loyalists, who joined hands with the BJP to form a new government with Shinde as the Chief Minister. The EC had yesterday frozen the Shiv Sena name and its ‘bow and arrow’ symbol following dispute between the warring factions of Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde, and asked them both to give a list of three names and symbols out of which ECI will allot one to each. Shiv Sena got its fixed symbol-bow and arrow-in 1989, before which they contested elections on different symbols like sword and shield, coconut tree, railway engine, and cup and plate. The former held the meeting at 12 pm and the latter will do so at 7 pm. It has asked for trishul (trident) as its first choice of symbol, and rising sun as the second option.īoth Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde are meeting party leaders today. Shiv Sena has said ‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb Thackeray’ is their first choice for the name and ‘Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray’ is the second. The Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray faction has submitted three names and symbols for the upcoming by-election in Mumbai’s Andheri East, sources in the Election Commission (EC) said.
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