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Days after the Election Commission (EC) recognised the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde as the real Shiv Sena and allotted the party name and bow and arrow symbol to it, Uddhav Thackeray on Monday demanded the dissolution of the EC and demanded that the election commissioner should not be appointed directly by the government but instead should be elected...
There should be a system in place for appointing the election commissioner, Uddhav said.. Uddhav announced that his faction has approached the Supreme Court against the EC order and the hearing on the disqualification plea will be heard by the court from Tuesday...
Uddhav alleged that it was a pre-planned conspiracy to snatch the Shiv Sena name and political symbol..
We have already approached the SC against the EC decision, Uddhav said.. Commenting on the claims of the Shinde faction over party properties and the funds after the EC decision, Uddhav said, The EC has a right to only give a decision on the party name and symbol..
It is not their prerogative. Their prerogative is only to hold elections in the country, allot party poll symbol, and check if there is a democracy in the internal structure of political parties, Uddhav said...
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