Sena vs Sena: Uddhav camp gets 'mashaal' as poll symbol, Shinde faction told to give new list of symbols

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Sena vs Sena: Uddhav camp gets 'mashaal' as poll symbol, Shinde faction told to give new list of symbols

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission (EC) on Monday allotted the 'mashaal (flaming torch)’ as poll symbol to the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of the Shiv Sena.
The poll panel rejected Uddhav camp's choice of ‘trishul’ citing its religious connotation, and 'rising sun' as it is a DMK symbol.

The Thackeray faction has been allotted the name: Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray).
The Uddhav group expressed satisfaction over the EC's decisions. "We are happy that the three names that matter to us most – Uddhav, Balasaheb and Thackeray - are retained in the new name," Thackeray loyalist and former Maharashtra minister Bhaskar Jadhav said.

A day after the Election Commission (EC) temporarily barred Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde rival groups from using the Shiv Sena name or the 'bow and arrow' poll symbol, the Uddhav-led faction on Sunday said they have sent three party symbols to the poll panel: 'Trishul', 'mashaal' and 'rising

New list of poll symbols
Meanwhile, the faction led by Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde has been allotted the name: Balsahebanchi Shiv Sena.

The poll panel rejected all three symbols proposed by the Shinde camp: ‘Trishul’ and ‘Gada’ for their religious connotation; and ‘Rising Sun’ as it is a DMK symbol. The EC has asked the faction to give a new list of three preferred symbols by 10 am on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction on Monday moved the Delhi high court seeking quashing of an Election Commission (EC) order freezing the party's name and 'bow and arrow' election symbol. On October 8, the ECI had frozen the party's poll symbol as well as the use of its name

On October 8, the EC had barred both Shiv Sena factions from using the party name and its 'bow and arrow' election symbol in the November 3 Andheri East assembly bypolls.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction on Monday moved the Delhi high court seeking quashing of the EC order freezing the party's name and symbol.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar is learnt to have taken a tough stand against the allocation of symbols with religious connotations to political parties.
The rival factions of Shiv Sena had both claimed 'Trishul' and 'rising sun' as election symbols.
Shinde had rebelled against Thackeray's leadership, claiming the support of 40 of the Shiv Sena's 55 MLAs and 12 of its 18 members in the Lok Sabha.
Following Thackeray's resignation as chief minister of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress coalition, Shinde became chief minister with the support of the BJP.
(With inputs from agencies)

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