Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) received a major setback as former MLA Krishna Hegde on Monday joined the Eknath Shinde faction
Mumbai: Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) received a major setback as former MLA Krishna Hegde on Monday joined the Eknath Shinde faction.
The development comes weeks after Shiv Sena MP Gajanan Kirtikar recently joined the Eknath Shinde camp. Eknath Shinde took oath as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra on June 30 earlier this year.
This came after a faction of Shiv Sena under Shinde shifted its alliance to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from MVA. Since then, Maharashtra has been witnessing a tussle between both the factions of Sena as to who is the real inheritor of the legacy of Bal Thackeray.
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On October 11, The Election Commission of India alloted the โTwo Swords and Shield symbolโ to the Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena a day after the group was alloted โBalasahebanchi Shiv Senaโ (Balasahebโs Shiv Sena) as the name for the group of the party.
Shinde faction had submitted โshining sunโ, โshield and swordโ and โPeepul treeโ as its election symbol options to the Election Commission (EC) for the upcoming bypoll in Andheri East assembly constituency next month.
Whereas the โflaming torchโ (mashaal) election symbol was allotted to the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena, rejecting their claim to the โTrishulโ citing religious connotation.
The Election Commission also allotted โShivSena โ Uddhav Balasaheb Thackerayโ as the party name for the Thackeray faction
Meanwhile, the ECI rejected โTrishulโ and โGadaโ (mace) as election symbols claimed by the two factions of the Shiv Sena, citing their religious connotation.
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