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Uddhav Thackeray moves Delhi HC against EC order freezing Shiv Sena name, poll symbol

Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray on Monday moved the Delhi High Court seeking quashing of a recent order of the Election Commission (EC) freezing his party name and the election symbol ‘bow and arrow’ for the Andheri East bypoll.

The former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, in his petition, contended that the EC’s October 8 order was passed in complete violation of principles of natural justice as the parties and its members were not given a hearing.

On October 8, the EC decided that the two factions of the Shiv Sena, one led by Mr. Thackeray and the other by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, would not be allowed to use the party name and symbol for the Andheri East by-poll and till the commission passed a final order on the dispute between them.

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