MUMBAI: Workers of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena camp on Tuesday visited the memorial of the late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray in Mumbai, carrying a flaming torch with him as the Election Commission allotted a ‘torch’ symbol to the party faction.
Party workers also visited Matoshree, the private residence of former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray in suburban Bandra, carrying torches in their hands.
Uddhav Thackeray asked party workers to understand the importance of the new symbol.
This is being seen as an effort by the Uddhav Thackeray camp to make people aware of the new symbol ahead of the November 3 by-election to the Andheri East assembly seat in Mumbai.
Party workers also took out processions with new election symbols in various districts including Nagpur and Aurangabad.
The Election Commission on Monday allotted the ‘flaming torch’ (torch) symbol to the Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray faction, rejecting their claim of ‘trishul’ citing religious connotations.
In an order on the controversy in Shiv Sena, the Election Commission allotted ‘Shiv Sena – Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray’ as the party name for the Thackeray faction and ‘Balasahebunchi Shiv Sena’ (Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena) as the name of the Eknath Shinde group. Of the party
Members of the Uddhav Thackeray faction, including former Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar, on Tuesday visited Bal Thackeray’s memorial at Shivaji Park in Dadar area and paid tribute to the late leader and the party’s new election symbol.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led faction will contest the Andheri East seat in Mumbai on the ‘flaming torch’ symbol.
The bypoll, necessitated by the death of sitting Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke, is expected to be a direct fight between the Thackeray faction and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for the first time since a vertical split in the Shiv Sena in June. this year.
Party workers also visited Matoshree, the private residence of former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray in suburban Bandra, carrying torches in their hands.
Uddhav Thackeray asked party workers to understand the importance of the new symbol.
This is being seen as an effort by the Uddhav Thackeray camp to make people aware of the new symbol ahead of the November 3 by-election to the Andheri East assembly seat in Mumbai.
Party workers also took out processions with new election symbols in various districts including Nagpur and Aurangabad.
The Election Commission on Monday allotted the ‘flaming torch’ (torch) symbol to the Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray faction, rejecting their claim of ‘trishul’ citing religious connotations.
In an order on the controversy in Shiv Sena, the Election Commission allotted ‘Shiv Sena – Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray’ as the party name for the Thackeray faction and ‘Balasahebunchi Shiv Sena’ (Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena) as the name of the Eknath Shinde group. Of the party
Members of the Uddhav Thackeray faction, including former Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar, on Tuesday visited Bal Thackeray’s memorial at Shivaji Park in Dadar area and paid tribute to the late leader and the party’s new election symbol.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led faction will contest the Andheri East seat in Mumbai on the ‘flaming torch’ symbol.
The bypoll, necessitated by the death of sitting Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke, is expected to be a direct fight between the Thackeray faction and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), for the first time since a vertical split in the Shiv Sena in June. this year.