New Delhi: The Uddhav Thackeray faction on Monday approached the Supreme Court difficult the choice of the Election Commission recognising the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the true Shiv Sena and ordering allocation of the “bow and arrow” ballot image to it. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi talked about the matter earlier than a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud for an early itemizing of the Thackeray-led Sena faction’s petition.
The CJI, nonetheless, refused to move any order. “The rule applies equally to all, whether left, right, or center. Come tomorrow through the proper process,” the bench stated. The Election Commission on Friday acknowledged the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the true Shiv Sena and ordered the allocation of the “bow and arrow” ballot image to it.
In a 78-page order on the protracted battle for management of the group, the Commission allowed the Uddhav Thackeray faction to maintain the “flaming torch” ballot image allotted to it until the completion of the meeting by-polls within the state.
The Commission stated MLAs backing Shinde bought almost 76 % of votes polled in favor of the 55 successful Shiv Sena candidates within the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls.
The Uddhav Thackeray faction’s MLAs bought 23.5 % of votes polled in favor of the successful Shiv Sena candidates, the three-member Commission stated.
