Setback For Uddhav Thackeray Faction As Supreme Court Allows Election Commission To Decide ‘Real’ Shiv Sena

The Supreme Court docket on Tuesday allowed the Election Fee of India to determine which faction between Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde must be recognised because the “actual” Shiv Sena celebration and be alloted the bow and arrow image.

A Structure bench of the SC was listening to an utility of the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction searching for to restrain the Election Fee from deciding on the declare of the Shinde-led group over the “actual” Shiv Sena.

The Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities, which constituted of the Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP, collapsed after a revolt by Shinde and 39 different legislators in opposition to the Sena management. Shinde was sworn in because the Chief Minister of Maharashta on June 30 together with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy.