Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday informed the Delhi excessive court docket that the Election Fee of India (ECI) has disadvantaged his Shiv Sena faction of the identify and image of his father, regardless of them working the celebration for 30 years.
Arguing on a petition in opposition to the ECI’s interim order freezing Sena’s identify and election image, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, showing for Thackeray, mentioned the ECI couldn’t be permitted to proceed on the belief that rival faction chief Eknath Shinde has not been disqualified when the problem is pending earlier than the Supreme Courtroom.
Senior counsel Devdatt Kamat, additionally showing for Thackeray, mentioned his political exercise had come to a standstill and day-to-day prejudice was being precipitated because of the freezing order. “I’ve run this celebration for the final 30-odd years. Until the ECI is happy that they’ve made out a prima facie case, it can’t freeze the election image. I can’t use the identify and image of my father in the present day,” Kamat contended.
Senior counsel for Shinde faction, Neeraj Kishan Kaul, mentioned there was no want for the excessive court docket to intervene when the “(interim) course has labored itself out” after the conclusion of the Andheri East meeting bypoll and now the “ball is within the Election Fee’s court docket”.
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