Whereas the Uddhav Thackeray camp has been reeling from the Election Fee’s choice to recognise the faction led by Eknath Shinde as actual Shiv Sena, the previous appeared to have scored over the Maharashtra chief minister within the web battle. The web site of Shiv Sena, with area title shivsena.in, has been deleted and its Twitter profile title has been modified to ShivSena – Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray. For the reason that Twitter deal with was additionally modified, the account has misplaced its ‘blue tick’ that signifies a verified account. (Additionally Learn | ‘Mogambo Khush Hua’: Uddhav taunts Amit Shah over EC order on Shiv Sena title, image)
Although the Shiv Sena web site can’t be accessed, the hyperlink continues to be talked about on the Twitter profile web page of Shiv Sena UBT.
It’s but to be seen if the Shinde faction challenges this social media takeover in courtroom.
In the meantime, Shiv Sena (UBT) has began getting ready on the authorized battle forward, with a staff led by MP Anil Desai consulting authorized consultants on the very best accessible choices. On Monday, a petition difficult the ECI choice can be filed within the Supreme Court docket. As quick aid, the Sena (UBT) is trying to get a keep on the ECI order by linking it with the petition earlier than the Supreme Court docket relating to the disqualification of Shinde and 15 different insurgent MLAs.
The Shinde-led Shiv Sena has already filed a caveat, demanding that or not it’s heard earlier than any order is handed on Thackeray’s plea. “Now we have performed this as a result of there is no such thing as a one-sided choice and we should get a discover earlier than listening to the matter,” mentioned Shiv Sena secretary Kiran Pawaskar.