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Uddhav Thackeray said that he would challenge the decision of the Election Commission in the Supreme Court. (File Photo/PTI)
In the order, the Election Commission found that the current constitution of Shiv Sena is “undemocratic”.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah appreciated it on Saturday Election Commission’s decision to allot the name “Shiv Sena” and the symbol “bow and arrow” to the Eknath Shinde faction.
Addressing a public meeting in Pune, Shah said, yesterday the Election Commission has converted milk into milk and water.
election Commission India Friday ordered that the party name “Shiv Sena” and the party symbol “bow and arrow” be allotted to the Eknath Shinde faction.
Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis, who was present at the event, said that 2.5 years of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state was wasted.
“The 2.5 years (of the MVA government in the state) were a waste. Now we have 2.5 years left and we have a lot of work to do. Our ‘double horsepower’ government will work with all its might under the leadership of PM Modi.
In the order, the Election Commission found that the current constitution of Shiv Sena is “undemocratic”. It has been perverted to undemocratically appoint people from a congregation as office bearers without any election. EC said such party structure fails to inspire confidence
The Election Commission found that the 40 MLAs supporting the Shinde faction secured 36,57,327 votes out of a total of 47,82,440 votes, i.e. ~76% of the votes cast in favor of the 55 victorious MLAs. This is in sharp contrast to the 11,25,113 votes polled by the 15 MLAs whose support is claimed by the Thackeray faction. As against 90,49,789, of the total votes (including the losing candidates) cast by the Shiv Sena in the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections, the votes cast by the 40 MLAs supporting the petitioner come to ~40%, while the 15 MLAs supporting the respondents Votes cast by ~12% of total votes.
The 13 MPs supporting the Shinde faction secured 74,88,634 votes out of a total of 1,02,45143 votes i.e. ~73% of the votes cast in favor of the 18 MPs in the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. This is in contrast to the 27,56,509 votes cast by the 5 supporting MPs. Thackeray faction ie ~ 27% votes fell in favor of 18 MPs.
However, Uddhav Thackeray said that he would challenge the Election Commission’s decision in the Supreme Court. Eknath Shinde camp filed a caveat in the Supreme Court. The camp wants that no order be passed in case Uddhav Thackeray’s camp files a petition in the apex court challenging the EC order.
Launching a scathing attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, former CM Uddhav Thackeray asked his supporters to teach a lesson to the “thief” who stole the party’s ‘bow and arrow’ symbol and announced that his faction would fight against the ‘torch’. Will fight elections together. ‘ Sign.
He said, ‘I want to say that they want the face of Bal Thackeray, they want the election symbol but not the family of Shiv Sena. time Narendra Modi Balasaheb Thackeray’s mask is needed to come to Maharashtra. The people of the state know which face is genuine and which is not,” news agency ANI quoted Uddhav Thackeray as saying.
Addressing party workers from a car with a sunroof outside Thackeray’s residence ‘Matoshree’ in suburban Bandra, Uddhav challenged the Eknath Shinde faction and said a fight has begun.
“Thieves were given the sacred ‘bow and arrow’, in the same way the ‘Mashal’ (torch) can also be taken away. I challenge them- if they are men, then even by taking the stolen ‘bow-arrow’ from our Come forward, we will contest elections with ‘Mashal’. This is our test, the battle has begun,” he told his supporters.
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