The Election Commission barred the Shiv Sena factions led by former CM Uddhav Thackeray and present Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde from utilizing the celebration identify and its election image
The Election Commission barred the Shiv Sena factions led by former CM Uddhav Thackeray and present Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde from utilizing the celebration identify and its election image
A day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) froze using the Shiv Sena’s bow and arrow image amid the continued battle between the rival Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde, Mr. Thackeray’s ally, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, stated he was not stunned by the transfer and pressured that it will neither weaken the Thackeray faction nor haven’t any influence on the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance.
“I am not at all surprised by this decision. I was sure that this would happen. While I do not have any proof to establish that it is being done on purpose, I had a gut feeling that this would happen,” stated the NCP chief on Sunday after the ballot physique prohibited each factions from utilizing the bow and arrow image for the upcoming Andheri East Assembly by-election.
Mr. Pawar additional stated that the image didn’t actually matter in the long term because it was in the end the individuals who selected the mandate.
“Even I had contested on several symbols like a pair of bullocks, a charkha, the panjaa before we [NCP] were given the ‘clock’ symbol. So, it does not really matter on which symbol you contest, but that it is the people who decide on whom they want to back,” stated the NCP chief.
When questioned whether or not the ballot physique had been goal in its choice, Mr. Pawar stated that he couldn’t say whether or not the ECI’s choice was ‘pre-planned’ or not.
At the identical time, the NCP chief, thought-about because the ‘architect’ of the tripartite MVA coalition of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena, the NCP and the Congress, expressed confidence that the Shiv Sena would bounce again with renewed vigour regardless of the ECI’s choice.
“The Sena will not weaken because of the loss of the symbol. In fact, it will rebound with more aggression embodied in the youth of the party,” Mr. Pawar stated.
The NCP chief additionally stated that the ECI’s choice would have scarce influence on the Andheri by-poll too, provided that each the NCP and the Congress are supporting the candidate fielded by the Thackeray-led Sena faction.
Incidentally, the Sena had contested native and Assembly elections on a number of symbols just like the sword and the defend and the railway engine up to now earlier than being registered for the enduring bow and arrow image in 1989.
Source: www.thehindu.com