Eknath shinde party name

In a huge setback for the Uddhav Thackeray group, the Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered on Friday that the party name “Shiv Sena" and the party symbol “bow and arrow" will be retained by the Eknath Shinde faction. Both the factions of Shiv Sena led by former CM Uddhav Thackeray and incumbent CM Eknath Shinde had been sparring, claiming the party name and the symbol belongs to them, ever since Eknath Shinde revolted against Uddhav Thackeray-led government last year. The Election Commision cited the vote share for the decision made and declared on Friday. The Election Commision said, “MLAs backing Eknath Shinde got nearly 76 pc votes polled in favour of 55 wining Shiv Sena candidates in 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls". “Uddhav Thackeray faction MLAs got 23.5 per cent of votes polled in favour of 55 wining Shiv Sena candidates in Maharashtra in 2019 polls", the EC added. Back in October, the Election Commission had allotted a new election symbol to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction – a ' flaming torch' (mashaal) to settle the dispute between the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions for the time being. The EC has also allotted “Shiv Sena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray" as the party name for the Uddhav Thackeray faction. On 17 February, however, both the party name ‘Shiv Sena’ and the party symbol ‘bow and arrow’, which has traditionally been used by Uddhav Thackeray's family, have now been retained by the Eknath Shinde. CM Eknath Shinde hails decision M...

Shiv Sena Ad Claims Eknath Shinde Preferred As Chief Minister Over Devendra Fadnavis The advertisement carries Sena's bow-and-arrow symbol and images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shinde. It has no image or photo of Shiv Sena founder late Balasaheb Thackeray, a noticeable departure going by its earlier publicity materials. Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday placed a full-page advertisement in many newspapers titled "PM Modi for India, Eknath Shinde for Maharashtra", quoting a survey where Mr Shinde is shown as more preferred for the top post than BJP's Devendra Fadnavis. The ad prompted Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut to call the party "Narendra Modi-Amit Shah's Shiv Sena". The advertisement carries Sena's bow-and-arrow symbol and images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shinde. It has no image or photo of Shiv Sena founder late Balasaheb Thackeray, a noticeable departure going by its earlier publicity materials. "For the chief minister's position, 26.1 per cent of the people in Maharashtra desire Eknath Shinde and 23.2 per cent of the people wish to see Devendra Fadnavis as the next chief minister," reads the advertisement. Thus, it is undeniable proof that 49.3 per cent of the people in Maharashtra wish to see a strong alliance between BJP and Shiv Sena for their state's leadership, it said. The figures and claims in the advertisement have been attributed to a Zee TV-Matrize survey. "Accordin...

• • • • EC clears new Shiv Sena names, flaming torch as symbol for Uddhav group EC clears new Shiv Sena names, flaming torch as symbol for Uddhav group The Uddhav-led faction has been allotted the “flaming torch” (mashaal) as its poll symbol; the Shinde-led faction has been told to submit a fresh list of three symbols by 10 am on Tuesday. IN AN interim order on Monday, the Election Commission (EC) allotted the name Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) to the party faction led by Uddhav Thackeray, while the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be called Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena. The Uddhav-led faction has been allotted the “flaming torch” (mashaal) as its poll symbol; the Shinde-led faction has been told to submit a fresh list of three symbols by 10 am on Tuesday. Last week, while ordering an interim freeze on the party’s bow-and-arrow symbol, the EC had asked both sides to submit their choice of three names and symbols by Monday. Also Read | The Uddhav-led faction had listed the trishul (trident), rising sun and mashaal, in order of preference, as its poll symbol choices, and The Shinde-led faction had listed the trishul, rising sun and gada (mace) as poll symbol choices, and Shiv Sena (Balasaheb Thackeray), Balsahebanchi Shiv Sena and Shiv Sena Balasahebanchi as interim party names. Read in Explained | In separate letters to the two factions, the EC informed them of its interim decision, till it takes a call on the rival claims on the party name ...

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday allotted 'two swords and shield' as the election symbol to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction. The Shinde faction had submitted 'peepal tree', sword and sun as its poll symbol choices to the Election Commission after its earlier choices were rejected by the poll panel. The name of the party led by In a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the EC said it had decided to declare "Do Talwarein aur Ek Dhal (Two Swords & Shield)" to be a free symbol and allot it to the candidate set up, if any, by the Shinde-led faction for the Andheri East Assembly bypoll. Earlier, the EC had rejected 'trishul', 'gada' (mace) and 'rising sun' as the Shinde faction's poll symbols. Trishul and 'gada' were rejected as they had religious connotation. READ | The ECI had, on October 8, frozen the Sena's 'bow and arrow' symbol and barred the groups led by Thackeray and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde from using the party name for the November 3 Andheri (East) bypoll in Mumbai. On Monday, the Election Commission allotted 'flaming torch' (mashaal) as the election symbol to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction. The name of the party led by Uddhav Thackeray will be "Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray". Both the factions expressed satisfaction after the Election Commission allotted them new names that mention "Balasaheb" (Thackeray). Meanwhile, the Uddhav Thackeray faction has moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the...

June 21, 2022: Eknath Shinde, along with 10-12 MLAs went ‘out of reach’ and holed up at a hotel in Surat, Gujarat, a BJP-ruled state. June 24: The Uddhav faction filed a petition against rebel MLAs who were part of Eknath Shinde's camp and demanded that Deputy Speaker Narahari Zirwal of the Maharashtra Assembly disqualify 16 MLAs of the Shinde camp. Zirwal met with Shiv Sena leaders and later also met with the Advocate-General of Maharashtra for legal opinion. June 30: Amid speculations that former Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis will assume the CM's seat again, Eknath Shinde made a surprise announcement and said he would become Maharashtra CM. Fadnavis was sworn in as Shinde's deputy. A two-day special session of the Maharashtra Assembly was called on July 3-4 to elect a new Speaker and to conduct a floor test for Shinde. ALSO READ | July 3: First-time legislator Rahul Narwekar of BJP was elected as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He polled 164 votes against his opponent Rajan from Shiv Sena who got 107 votes. July 4: Shinde won the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly with 164 votes polled in favour of him, while 99 members voted against him. Since the swearing in of Shinde and the floor test, the two factions of Shiv Sena started engaging in a war of words with a legal battle looming. The Supreme Court was to hear pleas on the disqualification of rebel MLAs and on the appointment of Eknath Shinde as chief minister. A pe...

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday allotted 'two swords and shield' as the election symbol to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction. The Shinde faction had submitted 'peepal tree', sword and sun as its poll symbol choices to the Election Commission after its earlier choices were rejected by the poll panel. The name of the party led by In a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, the EC said it had decided to declare "Do Talwarein aur Ek Dhal (Two Swords & Shield)" to be a free symbol and allot it to the candidate set up, if any, by the Shinde-led faction for the Andheri East Assembly bypoll. Earlier, the EC had rejected 'trishul', 'gada' (mace) and 'rising sun' as the Shinde faction's poll symbols. Trishul and 'gada' were rejected as they had religious connotation. READ | The ECI had, on October 8, frozen the Sena's 'bow and arrow' symbol and barred the groups led by Thackeray and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde from using the party name for the November 3 Andheri (East) bypoll in Mumbai. On Monday, the Election Commission allotted 'flaming torch' (mashaal) as the election symbol to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction. The name of the party led by Uddhav Thackeray will be "Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray". Both the factions expressed satisfaction after the Election Commission allotted them new names that mention "Balasaheb" (Thackeray). Meanwhile, the Uddhav Thackeray faction has moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of the...

• • • • EC clears new Shiv Sena names, flaming torch as symbol for Uddhav group EC clears new Shiv Sena names, flaming torch as symbol for Uddhav group The Uddhav-led faction has been allotted the “flaming torch” (mashaal) as its poll symbol; the Shinde-led faction has been told to submit a fresh list of three symbols by 10 am on Tuesday. IN AN interim order on Monday, the Election Commission (EC) allotted the name Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) to the party faction led by Uddhav Thackeray, while the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will be called Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena. The Uddhav-led faction has been allotted the “flaming torch” (mashaal) as its poll symbol; the Shinde-led faction has been told to submit a fresh list of three symbols by 10 am on Tuesday. Last week, while ordering an interim freeze on the party’s bow-and-arrow symbol, the EC had asked both sides to submit their choice of three names and symbols by Monday. Also Read | The Uddhav-led faction had listed the trishul (trident), rising sun and mashaal, in order of preference, as its poll symbol choices, and The Shinde-led faction had listed the trishul, rising sun and gada (mace) as poll symbol choices, and Shiv Sena (Balasaheb Thackeray), Balsahebanchi Shiv Sena and Shiv Sena Balasahebanchi as interim party names. Read in Explained | In separate letters to the two factions, the EC informed them of its interim decision, till it takes a call on the rival claims on the party name ...

In a huge setback for the Uddhav Thackeray group, the Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered on Friday that the party name “Shiv Sena" and the party symbol “bow and arrow" will be retained by the Eknath Shinde faction. Both the factions of Shiv Sena led by former CM Uddhav Thackeray and incumbent CM Eknath Shinde had been sparring, claiming the party name and the symbol belongs to them, ever since Eknath Shinde revolted against Uddhav Thackeray-led government last year. The Election Commision cited the vote share for the decision made and declared on Friday. The Election Commision said, “MLAs backing Eknath Shinde got nearly 76 pc votes polled in favour of 55 wining Shiv Sena candidates in 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls". “Uddhav Thackeray faction MLAs got 23.5 per cent of votes polled in favour of 55 wining Shiv Sena candidates in Maharashtra in 2019 polls", the EC added. Back in October, the Election Commission had allotted a new election symbol to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction – a ' flaming torch' (mashaal) to settle the dispute between the Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions for the time being. The EC has also allotted “Shiv Sena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray" as the party name for the Uddhav Thackeray faction. On 17 February, however, both the party name ‘Shiv Sena’ and the party symbol ‘bow and arrow’, which has traditionally been used by Uddhav Thackeray's family, have now been retained by the Eknath Shinde. CM Eknath Shinde hails decision M...

Shiv Sena Ad Claims Eknath Shinde Preferred As Chief Minister Over Devendra Fadnavis The advertisement carries Sena's bow-and-arrow symbol and images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shinde. It has no image or photo of Shiv Sena founder late Balasaheb Thackeray, a noticeable departure going by its earlier publicity materials. Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday placed a full-page advertisement in many newspapers titled "PM Modi for India, Eknath Shinde for Maharashtra", quoting a survey where Mr Shinde is shown as more preferred for the top post than BJP's Devendra Fadnavis. The ad prompted Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut to call the party "Narendra Modi-Amit Shah's Shiv Sena". The advertisement carries Sena's bow-and-arrow symbol and images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shinde. It has no image or photo of Shiv Sena founder late Balasaheb Thackeray, a noticeable departure going by its earlier publicity materials. "For the chief minister's position, 26.1 per cent of the people in Maharashtra desire Eknath Shinde and 23.2 per cent of the people wish to see Devendra Fadnavis as the next chief minister," reads the advertisement. Thus, it is undeniable proof that 49.3 per cent of the people in Maharashtra wish to see a strong alliance between BJP and Shiv Sena for their state's leadership, it said. The figures and claims in the advertisement have been attributed to a Zee TV-Matrize survey. "Accordin...

June 21, 2022: Eknath Shinde, along with 10-12 MLAs went ‘out of reach’ and holed up at a hotel in Surat, Gujarat, a BJP-ruled state. June 24: The Uddhav faction filed a petition against rebel MLAs who were part of Eknath Shinde's camp and demanded that Deputy Speaker Narahari Zirwal of the Maharashtra Assembly disqualify 16 MLAs of the Shinde camp. Zirwal met with Shiv Sena leaders and later also met with the Advocate-General of Maharashtra for legal opinion. June 30: Amid speculations that former Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis will assume the CM's seat again, Eknath Shinde made a surprise announcement and said he would become Maharashtra CM. Fadnavis was sworn in as Shinde's deputy. A two-day special session of the Maharashtra Assembly was called on July 3-4 to elect a new Speaker and to conduct a floor test for Shinde. ALSO READ | July 3: First-time legislator Rahul Narwekar of BJP was elected as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. He polled 164 votes against his opponent Rajan from Shiv Sena who got 107 votes. July 4: Shinde won the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly with 164 votes polled in favour of him, while 99 members voted against him. Since the swearing in of Shinde and the floor test, the two factions of Shiv Sena started engaging in a war of words with a legal battle looming. The Supreme Court was to hear pleas on the disqualification of rebel MLAs and on the appointment of Eknath Shinde as chief minister. A pe...