Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena gives three choices for poll symbol — trident, rising sun or burning torch

A day after the Election Commission (EC) froze the use of the Shiv Sena’s bow-and-arrow symbol amid the bitter factional struggle between the rival Sena groups led by Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde, Mr. Thackeray on Sunday said the EC’s decision was “unexpected” and “an injustice”.

Taking to Facebook to give a live address to Maharashtra’s public, Mr. Thackeray informed that his faction had submitted three alternative symbols and party names to the poll body, while urging the EC to swiftly grant his group an interim party symbol and name before the upcoming Andheri East Assembly bypoll.

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