Uddhav Thackeray says EC cannot change party’s name-Politics News , Firstpost

Former chief minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray

Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray stated that whereas the Election Fee (EC) has the ability to allot electoral symbols to a celebration, it can not change the identify of a celebration.

Talking to reporters in Amaravati district throughout a tour of Maharashtra’s Vidarbha area, Thackeray additionally stated the identify ‘Shiv Sena’ was given by his grandfather (Keshav Thackeray) and he is not going to let anybody “steal” it.

Following the cut up in Shiv Sena, the EC allotted the identify ‘Shiv Sena’ and its bow and arrow image to the Eknath Shinde camp.

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In the meantime, the election physique additionally allowed the Uddhav-Thackeray camp to retain its unique identify with the suffix of Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray.

After the 2019 Maharashtra Meeting polls, Uddhav Thackeray broke ties with the Bharatiya Janata Celebration to type the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) authorities with the assistance of the NCP and Congress.

In June final 12 months, Eknath Shinde broke away from Shiv Sena to hitch fingers with the BJP which in the end led to a change in authorities in Maharashtra.

Uddhav Thackeray on Monday stated, the Election Fee has no powers to vary the identify of a celebration. It might probably permit an electoral image for a celebration.

“The identify Shiv Sena was given by my grandfather, how can the EC change the identify? I can’t permit anybody to steal the identify of the celebration,” he stated.

To a query on some opposition events attempting to come back collectively to tackle the BJP-led central authorities forward of the Lok Sabha polls due subsequent 12 months, he stated, “I can’t name it because the unity of the opposition events, however all of us are patriots and we’re doing it for the sake of democracy.”

Uddhav Thackeray additionally stated that regardless of the imposition of Emergency (1975-77) within the nation, the then authorities allowed the opposition events to marketing campaign for the overall elections.

Notably, the Supreme Courtroom on Monday agreed to listen to on July 31, Thackeray’s plea towards the EC’s order allotting the celebration identify ‘Shiv Sena’ and the ‘bow and arrow’ image to the Eknath Shinde-led group.

With inputs from PTI