Mumbai: Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) chief Sanjay Raut on Saturday took a jibe at Eknath Shinde’s get together, saying that the image of ‘bow and arrow’ has been stolen.
Alleging that individuals from increased authorities are “concerned” in EC’s choice, Raut mentioned, “Our ‘bow and arrow’ has been stolen. Folks from increased authorities are concerned. We are going to discover the kingpin and produce them to the general public. We are going to get a brand new get together signal later however earlier than that, we’ll expose these thieves.”
Election Fee of India (ECI) on Friday allotted the get together identify “Shiv Sena” and the image “Bow and Arrow” to the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Raut additional mentioned that the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) will “use” Balasaheb Thackeray’s identify just for votes.
“BJP is blaming Shiv Sena for utilizing its identify for votes. Now they’ll use Balasaheb’s identify for the votes. For this, they’ve stolen our ‘bow and arrow’. Shiv Sena shouldn’t be an odd get together, we are going to stay eternally and can once more come into energy in future,’ he added.
Notably, each factions of Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray) have been combating for the bow and arrow image of the get together since Shinde (current Maharashtra Chief Minister) revolted in opposition to Thackeray final 12 months.
Whereas the Shinde faction welcomed the choice of being acknowledged as the actual Shiv Sena, the Uddhav Thackeray faction mentioned they’d transfer the Supreme Courtroom.
Earlier, the Eknath Shinde faction burst crackers and celebrated in Nashik right now after the Election Fee order.
The Uddhav Thackeray faction accused the Election Fee of haste and mentioned the choice exhibits “it really works as BJP agent”.
The Fee noticed in its order that the present structure of the Shiv Sena get together is undemocratic and has been “mutilated to undemocratically appoint individuals from a coterie as workplace bearers with none election in any respect”. It mentioned such get together constructions fail to encourage confidence.
Calling the ballot panel’s choice as “homicide of democracy”, Uddhav Thackeray mentioned he’ll method the Supreme Courtroom in opposition to the choice.
Final month, each the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and former CM Uddhav Thackeray-led factions of the Shiv Sena submitted their written statements in help of their claims of management over the get together identify and image to the Election Fee.
The ECI had frozen the bow and arrow image of the Shiv Sena and had allotted the ‘Two Swords and Defend image’ to the Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena and the ‘flaming torch’ (mashaal) election image was allotted to the Uddhav Thackeray faction for the bypoll in Andheri East meeting constituency in November final 12 months.
Nonetheless, exuding confidence in profitable the election with the ‘torch’ image, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday challenged Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde to contest the election with the “stolen bow and arrow”, stating that the ‘battle has begun’.
He additional mentioned that the thieves got the holy “bow and arrow” and that that is their check.
“Thieves got the holy ‘bow and arrow’, equally the ‘torch’ (mashaal) could be taken away. I problem them – if they’re males, are available entrance of us even with the stolen ‘bow and arrow’, we are going to contest the election with the ‘torch’. That is our check, the battle has begun,” Thackeray mentioned. (ANI)
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