Thackeray will get ‘flaming torch’ as ballot image; EC asks Shinde to post contemporary listing

By way of PTI

NEW DELHI: The Election Fee on Monday allocated ‘flaming torch’ (mashaal) election image to the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena, rejecting their declare to the ‘Trishul’ mentioning non secular connotation.

In an order at the dispute within the Shiv Sena, the Election Fee allocated ‘ShivSena – Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray’ because the birthday party title for the Thackeray faction and ‘Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena’ (Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena) and the title for the Eknath Shinde team of the birthday party.

“We’re glad that the 3 names that subject to us maximum. Uddhav ji, Balasaheb and Thackeray – are retained within the new title,” Thackeray loyalist and previous Maharashtra minister Bhaskar Jadhav stated.

The Fee additionally rejected ‘Trishul’ (trident) and ‘Gada’ (mace) as election symbols claimed through the 2 factions of the Shiv Sena, mentioning their non secular connotation.

It additionally identified that the ‘Emerging Solar’ election image sought through each factions used to be reserved for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

The Fee additionally requested the Shinde faction to post a contemporary listing of 3 symbols through 10 am on Tuesday.

Leader Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar is learnt to have taken a tricky stand towards the allocation of symbols with non secular connotations to political events.

The rival factions of Shiv Sena had each claimed ‘Trishul’ and ’emerging solar’ as election symbols.

Shinde had rebelled towards Thackeray’s management, claiming the toughen of 40 of the Shiv Sena’s 55 MLAs and 12 of its 18 participants within the Lok Sabha.

Following Thackeray’s resignation as leader minister of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress coalition, Shinde become leader minister with the toughen of the BJP.

NEW DELHI: The Election Fee on Monday allocated ‘flaming torch’ (mashaal) election image to the Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena, rejecting their declare to the ‘Trishul’ mentioning non secular connotation.

In an order at the dispute within the Shiv Sena, the Election Fee allocated ‘ShivSena – Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray’ because the birthday party title for the Thackeray faction and ‘Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena’ (Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena) and the title for the Eknath Shinde team of the birthday party.

“We’re glad that the 3 names that subject to us maximum. Uddhav ji, Balasaheb and Thackeray – are retained within the new title,” Thackeray loyalist and previous Maharashtra minister Bhaskar Jadhav stated.

The Fee additionally rejected ‘Trishul’ (trident) and ‘Gada’ (mace) as election symbols claimed through the 2 factions of the Shiv Sena, mentioning their non secular connotation.

It additionally identified that the ‘Emerging Solar’ election image sought through each factions used to be reserved for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

The Fee additionally requested the Shinde faction to post a contemporary listing of 3 symbols through 10 am on Tuesday.

Leader Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar is learnt to have taken a tricky stand towards the allocation of symbols with non secular connotations to political events.

The rival factions of Shiv Sena had each claimed ‘Trishul’ and ’emerging solar’ as election symbols.

Shinde had rebelled towards Thackeray’s management, claiming the toughen of 40 of the Shiv Sena’s 55 MLAs and 12 of its 18 participants within the Lok Sabha.

Following Thackeray’s resignation as leader minister of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress coalition, Shinde become leader minister with the toughen of the BJP.