Who took away whose symbol before Shinde walked away with Uddhav's bow and arrow

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was allotted the Shiv Sena's bow-and-arrow symbol and the party's name by the Election Commission..

Here's a look at the battle for party control among factions and the fight for symbols, from the Congress to the AIADMK, to the TDP and the Samajwadi Party...

The Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde fight is one of the many and has precedents in several parties, including the Congress, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Samajwadi Party..

Two Shiv Sena factions emerged when Eknath Shinde, a Cabinet minister in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government, rebelled against the party leadership in June last year..

On February 17, the Election Commission recognised the Eknath Shinde faction as the real Shiv Sena and allowed it to use the party's name and bow-and-arrow symbol..