EC to hold hearing regarding claims and disputes between both factions of the Shiv Sena, symbol
The poll panel has asked Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions to submit documentary evidence to prove their claim of having majority members in the Shiv Sena. Both the factions have written to the poll panel staking claims to the party.
Both the groups have been asked to submit a reply by 1 p.m. on August 8 by the commission, after which the Election Commission will hold a hearing regarding the claims and disputes between both factions of the Shiv Sena.
When two factions stake claims to the same symbol – the EC first examines the support each faction enjoys, both within the party’s organization and its legislature wing.
In such cases, the commission can also freeze the party’s symbol and ask the two factions to register with new names and symbols. In case polls are around the corner, it can ask the two groups to choose a temporary symbol.
The Uddhav Thackeray faction had written to the commission on multiple occasions claiming certain members of the party had indulged in anti-party activities. It had also raised objections to the Shinde faction establishing any political party using the names ‘Shiv Sena’ or ‘Bala Saheb‘. The faction had further sought the removal of Eknath Shinde, Gulabrao Patil, Tanji Sawant, and Uday Samant from party posts.
On the other hand, the Shinde camp had also approached the poll panel staking claim under Para 15 of the Election Symbols (Reservation & Allotment) Order, 1968, to declare the group led by Eknath Shinde as Shiv Sena and also allot the party symbol “Bow and Arrow” to the group.
Shinde has also told the Election Commission that 40 out of 55 MLAs, various MLCs, and 12 MPs out of 18 are with him.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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birth & death certificates !!
PMs and MLAs of a political party are the apex representatives duly elected by the majority supporters. When 2/3rd of them take a stand on an issue should that not be final? In stead of making things simple the lawyers complicate it.