'Trishul', 'mashaal' and 'rising sun': Uddhav faction submits alternate party name, symbols to EC

The EC on Saturday barred the Shiv Sena factions led by Uddhav and Shinde from using the party name and its election symbol in the Andheri East Assembly bypoll

Former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray. Credit: PTI Photo

A day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) froze the name and ‘bow and arrow’ symbol of Shiv Sena, the Uddhav Thackeray-led group has suggested three names and three symbols ahead of the crucial Andheri East by-elections in Maharashtra.

The three suggested names are Shiv Sena-Balasaheb Thackeray, Shiv Sena-Balasaheb Prabodhankar Thackeray, and Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray.

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The three free symbols suggested are Trishul (trident), Surya (rising Sun), and Mashaal (burning torch).

“The ECI must decide on it at the earliest,” Thackeray said in a crucial address on Sunday.

Thackeray also dared the rebel faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde not to use the name of Balasaheb Thackeray. “Don’t use the name of Balasaheb Thackeray…you want Shiv Sena, you want Balasaheb Thackeray but not his son,” he said in his 25-minute address through online media.