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Last Updated: 13th June, 2023 11:57 IST Maha: Shiv Sena Advertisement Claims Shinde More Preferred As CM Over Fadnavis The advertisement carries Sena’s bow-and-arrow symbol and images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM Shinde. It has no image or photo of Shiv Sena founder late Balasaheb Thackeray Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday placed a full-page advertisement in many newspapers titled “Modi for India, Shinde for Maharashtra”, quoting a survey where Shinde is shown as more preferred for the top post than BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis. The ad prompted Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut to call the party “Modi-Shah’s Shiv Sena”. The advertisement carries Sena’s bow-and-arrow symbol and images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM Shinde. It has no image or photo of Shiv Sena founder late Balasaheb Thackeray, a noticeable departure going by its earlier publicity materials. “…For the chief minister’s position, 26.1 per cent of the people in Maharashtra desire Eknath Shinde and 23.2 per cent of the people wish to see Devendra Fadnavis as the next chief minister,” reads the advertisement. Thus, it is undeniable proof that 49.3 per cent of the people in Maharashtra wish to see a strong alliance between BJP and Shiv Sena for their state’s leadership, it said. The figures and claims in the advertisement have been attributed to a Zee TV-Matrize survey. “According to the election surveys, 30.2 per cent of citizens of Maharashtra prefer Bharatiya Janat...

Shiv Sena Ad Claims Eknath Shinde Preferred As Chief Minister Over Devendra Fadnavis The advertisement carries Sena's bow-and-arrow symbol and images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shinde. It has no image or photo of Shiv Sena founder late Balasaheb Thackeray, a noticeable departure going by its earlier publicity materials. Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday placed a full-page advertisement in many newspapers titled "PM Modi for India, Eknath Shinde for Maharashtra", quoting a survey where Mr Shinde is shown as more preferred for the top post than BJP's Devendra Fadnavis. The ad prompted Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut to call the party "Narendra Modi-Amit Shah's Shiv Sena". The advertisement carries Sena's bow-and-arrow symbol and images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Shinde. It has no image or photo of Shiv Sena founder late Balasaheb Thackeray, a noticeable departure going by its earlier publicity materials. "For the chief minister's position, 26.1 per cent of the people in Maharashtra desire Eknath Shinde and 23.2 per cent of the people wish to see Devendra Fadnavis as the next chief minister," reads the advertisement. Thus, it is undeniable proof that 49.3 per cent of the people in Maharashtra wish to see a strong alliance between BJP and Shiv Sena for their state's leadership, it said. The figures and claims in the advertisement have been attributed to a Zee TV-Matrize survey. "Accordin...

The Election Commission of India (ECI) told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the poll body cannot be made a party to the appeal filed Uddhav Thackeray faction against allotment of bow and arrow symbol of Shiv Sena to the Eknath Shinde led faction [Uddhav Thackeray vs Eknathrao Sambhaji Shinde and anr].

In June 2022, Eknath Shinde, along with 39 other MLAs, led a rebellion, vertically splitting the Shiv Sena. The then-Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government fell. Camped in Guwahati for days, the Shinde faction — now called Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS) — claimed it was the ‘real’ Shiv Sena due to its numerical strength. The Thackeray camp — Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) — denied it, accusing the rebels of disobeying the party’s whip. Seven months on, the two sides are locked in a complex ALSO READ | News18 spoke to lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, special public prosecutor and prominent legal expert, on the issue at hand and the precedents in such matters. Edited excerpts: Political defections aren’t new in Indian politics. Leaders have jumped ship in the past, formed splinter groups, and even fought over symbols. How different [or similar] is Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s case? A similar situation had occurred in Tamil Nadu [in 1987-88] after the death of MGR (M G Ramachandran), founder of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). There, Jayalalithaa and Janaki (MGR’s wife) had a quarrel on who will preside over the party. Jayalalithaa had a majority of elected candidates, whereas Janaki was in control of the party base. But before the EC could take any call on the matter, both [Jayalalithaa and Janaki] arrived at a compromise. So, a decision wasn’t taken. ALSO READ | A similar situation is happening in Maharashtra. Uddhav Thackeray’s group is claiming they are...

IMAGE: The advertisement claimed that 26.1% of the people in Maharashtra desire Eknath Shinde as the CM while and 23.2% voted for Devendra Fadnavis. Photograph: ANI Photo While the advertisement's tagline was "Modi for India, Shinde for Maharashtra", the chief minister sought to downplay it, saying both he and BJP leader Fadnavis were "in people's minds" and working together. Shiv Sena minister Shambhuraj Desai said, "Our party has nothing to do with the advertisement. It may have been issued by a well-wisher of our party, Shinde and Fadnavis." The advertisement did not carry the pictures of either Fadnavis or Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray. Shinde, who split the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena last year and became chief minister, has always maintained that his Sena faction represents Bal Thackeray's vision and ideology. As much as 26.1 per cent of people in Maharashtra want Eknath Shinde as chief minister while 23.2 per cent wish to see Fadnavis as the next chief minister, the advertisement claimed. Thus, 49.3 per cent of people in Maharashtra supported the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, it said, citing a survey conducted by Zee TV-Matrize. Further, 30.2 per cent citizens of Maharashtra prefer the Bharatiya Janata Party while 16.2 per cent prefer the Shiv Sena (led by Eknath Shinde), which means a total of 46.4 per cent of people trust the alliance for development of the state, the advertisement said. Reacting to the advertisement, Sanjay Raut of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sh...

Mumbai: The 'flaming torch' (mashaal) and 'two swords and a shield' symbols allotted to the factions led by Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde by the Election Commission were once associated with the parent party - Shiv Sena, at different intervals before it got the hallowed 'bow and arrow' symbol. The Shiv Sena, founded by Bal Thackeray, had successfully contested an election in 1985 using the 'flaming torch' symbol which is now allotted to the Uddhav Thackeray faction- 'Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray', by the EC amidst the factional feud. The Shinde faction was allotted the 'two swords and a shield' symbol. Senior politician Chhagan Bhujbal, who was then in Shiv Sena, had won the election from Mazgaon constituency in Mumbai on the 'flaming torch' symbol when the organisation did not have a fixed poll symbol. Mr Bhujbal later rebelled and quit Shiv Sena to join Congress. He is now a prominent leader of the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). The 'flaming torch' symbol was used by the Shiv Sena in the past during civic body and Assembly polls. Shiv Sena MP Gajanan Kirtikar, who has been with the party since its inception, told PTI that most of the candidates of the party got the 'sword and shield' symbol in 1968 when they contested the maiden civic polls, including Mumbai. In 1985, many candidates got 'flaming torch' as the symbol, he recalled. The Shiv Sena was founded in 1966 and it took 23 years for the party to get the de...

New Delhi: Two former chief election commissioners have supported the Election Commission's order on the Shiv Sena symbol dispute, saying it applied the time-tested principles to arrive at the decision but a constitution expert feels the verdict is "flawed" as the test of ascertaining the strength of the organisational wing of the Uddhav Thackeray group was not used. The poll panel had on Friday recognised the Eknath Shinde-faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordered allotment of the bow and arrow election symbol of the undivided party founded by the late Balasaheb Thackeray to it. Sushil Chandra, who was the CEC between April 2021 and May 2022, said in such matters (intra-party disputes relating to poll symbol), the poll panel has always followed the Sadiq Ali Supreme Court case. He also observed that the top court has held that the EC is the sole authority in deciding such matters. Chandra pointed out that the SC also did not issue any interim stay in the case as demanded by the Uddhav Thackeray group. In a jolt to the Thackeray camp, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Election Commission order recognising the Shinde-led bloc as the real Shiv Sena and allotting the party's original 'bow and arrow' poll symbol to it. The SC bench, while refusing to grant the interim relief of status quo on properties and bank accounts, said though it was entertaining the plea of Thackeray it cannot "stay an order at this stage as they have succeeded before the EC." The top c...