The Election Commission of India on Saturday said neither of the two Shiv Sena factions — one led by Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde and the other by his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray — will be permitted to use the party’s ‘bow and arrow’ symbol in the upcoming bypoll for Andheri East assembly segment in Mumbai.
The poll panel passed an interim order to the effect and said neither of the two groups will be permitted to use the poll reserved for the Shiv Sena.
The EC further stated that both groups will be known by such names as they may choose for their respective groups, including, if they so desire, linkage with their parent party, and they will also be allotted different poll symbols that they may choose from a list of free symbols notified by the ECI.
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