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Former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is also expected to hold several meetings on Tuesday to decide on the future strategy and fate of the party.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde called a meeting of the Shiv Sena’s working committee on Tuesday to initiate the process of a complete takeover of the party, including access to party funds. During the meeting, the faction will also discuss the acquisition of party offices, among other strategies, to take complete ownership of the Shiv Sena. The faction had already captured the party’s office at Vidhan Bhavan on Monday.
Besides this, the apex court will also hear today the merits of petitions related to the political fallout in Maharashtra due to the split in Shiv Sena.
Yesterday, when senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the Thackeray camp, mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud for early hearing of the petition, the CJI refused to pass any order and He was asked to mention the matter “tomorrow”.
The petition filed by the Thackeray faction said that the points raised in the petition have a direct bearing on the issues being considered by the constitution bench.
The petition states that the Election Commission has not considered the disqualification under the Tenth Schedule and proceedings under the Symbol Order to be conducted in different areas and the disqualification of legislators based on termination of membership of a political party.
It also said that the Election Commission made a mistake in saying that there was a split in the Shiv Sena.
Invoking the ‘test of majority’ principle, the Election Commission on Friday recognized the Eknath Shinde-faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordered the allotment of the bow and arrow symbol to the undivided party founded by late Balasaheb Thackeray. .
In a 78-page order on the protracted battle for control of the organisation, the commission allowed the Uddhav Thackeray faction to keep the “flaming torch” election symbol till the completion of assembly bypolls in the state.
The commission noted that the MLAs supporting Shinde got about 76 per cent votes in favor of the 55 winning candidates of the Shiv Sena in the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections.
The three-member commission said that the MLAs of the Uddhav Thackeray camp got 23.5 per cent votes in favor of the victorious Shiv Sena candidates.
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