Balasahebanchi shivsena

Mumbai: In over six months since the coup, the split and launch of an independent faction named Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS), chief minister Eknath Shinde’s party, ostensibly formed in the image of the founder of Shiv Sena, Bal Thackeray, is yet to achieve the core that fuelled the old party – the Sena shakhas, a much coveted spot for emerging leaders Mumbai: In over six months since the coup, the split and launch of an independent faction named Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS), chief minister Eknath Shinde’s party, ostensibly formed in the image of the founder of Shiv Sena, Bal Thackeray, is yet to achieve the core that fuelled the old party – the Sena shakhas, a much coveted spot for emerging leaders. Mumbai, India - January 16, 2023: An outide view of Balasaheb Bhavan, party office of Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS) of Eknath Shinde faction, near Mantralaya, in Mumbai, India, on Monday, January 16, 2023. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO) Even as Mumbai and its satellite towns are inching towards the civic polls, BSS is yet to set up this crucial network. While party insiders insist that the “process of setting up the local offices is on” the plan is yet to kick off with gusto. For one, BSS does not have a headquarter yet and the party mainly functions from a government bungalow on Madame Cama Road, near Mantralaya and two other bungalows -- Agradoot and Nandanvan – allotted to Shinde by the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) when it was in power and he was the u...

Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde-led faction’s three choices for an election symbol were rejected because two of them, Trishul and Gadha, had religious connotations and the third option, Rising Sun, was already allocated to DMK. Shinde has been told to revert with three more options by 10am Tuesday NEW DELHI: The Shiv Sena faction led by former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray will be called Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), the Election Commission said in an interim order. The party’s election symbol will be a flaming torch (ANI) The commission last week froze the Shiv Sena’s name and symbol and told the two factions led by Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde to give their preferences for new names and symbols as an interim measure. In their requests, both factions asked EC to let them call their party, Shiv Sena (Balasaheb Thackeray). The commission, comprising chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar and election commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey, rejected the request, pointing out that this was the first preference of both factions. The two factions were allowed the use of the names that they had presented as their second options: Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) for the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction and ‘Balasahebanchi Shivsena for the Eknath Shinde faction. The two factions also gave the same symbols, Trishul (Trident) and Rising Sun, as their first two preferences for a party symbol. The EC underlined that the Trishul and Rising Sun, apart from having...

The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction will use the name ‘Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena’ (Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena), while the Uddhav Thackeray-led camp will call itself ‘Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray’ as has been decided by the The Uddhav camp has been allotted the ‘burning torch’ ( Mashaal) as its poll symbol, while the Maharashtra CM-led faction has been asked to submit three fresh symbols by tomorrow, October 11. The new party name and poll symbol for the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray. (Image: News18) Both the factions submitted alternative names and symbols to the EC two days after Shiv Sena’s original ‘bow and arrow’ symbol was frozen by the election commission. The poll panel on Monday wrote to both the camps and declined to allot ‘Trishul’, ‘rising Sun’ and ‘Gada’ symbols as they are “not in the list of free symbols”. Uddhav camp had submitted three names for approval to EC – ‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb Thackeray’, ‘Shiv Sena Balasaheb Prabodhankar Thackeray’, and ‘Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray’. The poll symbols that were submitted were that of a ‘rising sun’, a ‘burning torch’ ( Mashaal), and a ‘trident’ (trishul). Team Shinde also suggested ‘rising sun’ and ‘trident’ as their poll symbols along with ‘mace’ ( Gada). On Saturday, the EC had barred both Shiv Sena factions from using the party name and its election symbol in the November 3 Andheri East assembly bypolls. In an interim order over the claims by the rival factions for control of the organisa...

The Election Commission on Monday disallowed any symbols with religious overtones in its order the Shiv Sena dispute. File photo of Uddhav Thackeray. The polling body said the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction can use flaming torch ('mashaal') in the interim, while the Eknath Shinde-group faction was asked to submit three options by 10am on Tuesday. The Uddhav faction will be recognised as the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), while Shinde's group name would be 'Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena'. Soon after, the Thackeray-led group said it considered the EC ruling as a major victory. “We are happy, consider this a major victory,” said Bhaskar Jadhav, a Thackeray loyalist. “We are happy that the three names that matter to us most – Uddhav ji, Balasaheb and Thackeray - are retained in the new name,” the former Maharashtra minister said. Also read | Team Uddhav challenges EC order freezing Sena name, symbol in Delhi HC The EC's order came after both the camps submitted their options for poll symbols with the commission. While the In its order, the EC had last week barred both the factions from using the party name and its bow and arrow symbol in the upcoming Andheri East Assembly bypoll. Aided by the BJP, Shinde had engineered a rebellion in the Sena, leading to the fall of Thackeray's coalition government in June-end. A day later, Shinde was named chief minister of Maharashtra with BJP's Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy.

The Uddhav Thackeray faction had given the choices: • Shiv Sena Balasaheb Thackeray • Shiv Sena Prabodhankar Thackeray • Shiv Sena Uddhav balasaheb Thackeray The Eknath Shinde faction had given the choices: • Shiv Sena Balasaheb Thackeray • Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena • Shiv Sena Balasahebanchi The EC refused to allot Shiv Sena (Balasaheb Thackeray) name to Uddhav group stating that it is also the first preference of the Eknath Shinde group. Hence, the ECI accepted the second proposal “Shiv Sena(Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray).” Taking a stand against religious symbols, the EC declined to allot 'Trishul', 'Rising Sun' and 'Gada' as symbols as they were "not in the list of free symbols." The EC declared 'Flaming Torch' as the symbol of candidates of Thackeray faction in the current by-election and till the final order is passed in the current dispute. The Shinde faction on the other hand was asked to furnish a list of three new symbols by 11 October. Uddhav Thackeray had earlier approached the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking a stay on the order passed by the ECI freezing the 'Shiv Sena' party name and the bow and arrow symbol. Thackeray’s alternate prayer was to ask for the symbol chosen by them for the upcoming by-polls rather than restricting it to three choices that the ECI has given. The Eknath Shinde faction has also filed a caveat in the High Court. Both the factions have laid claim to the party name and symbol but the poll body had on Saturday restrained both camps from ...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday allotted ‘dhal talwar’ or 'two swords and a shield as its symbol to the Eknath Shinde camp that was given the name Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena a day ago. File photo of Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde. The group, led by the Maharashtra chief minister, submitted three options earlier in the day A day ago, the polling body had rejected all the three options that the Last week, the Election Commission had frozen the 'bow and arrow' symbol for an interim period following a feud between the two Sena factions – one led by Uddhav Thackeray and the other by Shinde. It also asked the two sides not to use the name 'Shiv Sena'. On Monday, the EC allotted 'ShivSena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray' as the party name for the Thackeray faction, and 'Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena' (Balasaheb's Shiv Sena) as the name for the Eknath Shinde group of the party. The polling body has allotted the flaming torch or 'mashaal' as the election symbol for the group headed by Thackeray.