Loyalists of the Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray have approached the Supreme Court to freeze the proceedings before the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a plea by filed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde for recognition as the “real” Shiv Sena with right to use the party symbol of ‘bow and arrow’.
An application filed by the Thackeray camp alleged that the ECI did not pay heed to their request to stop its proceedings as the multifaceted issue, starting from the breaking away of the Shinde group to the resignation of Mr. Thackeray as Chief Minister and its aftermath, was already in its entirety being examined by the Supreme Court.
The Thackeray camp said the ECI had issued notice to their faction on July 22 despite being told that the apex court had orally sought status quo in the issue in order to avoid any irreversible changes while the court was seized of the case.
