In a relief for the Maharashtra chief minister (CM) Eknath Shinde-led faction and a setback for the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena camp, the Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a stay on proceedings before the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the ‘real’ Shiv Sena symbol — bow and arrow — case. The top court has given permission to the ECI to conduct the proceedings on who is the ‘real’ Shiv Sena.
In June, Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde, along with 39 other party MLAs and some independents, had rebelled against the party leadership, leading to the collapse of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.
The Shiv Sena had parted ways with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections over the issue of sharing the chief ministerial post. The Thackeray-led Shiv Sena had tied-up with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress to form the MVA coalition government in the state.
Amid high drama, Shinde tied up with the BJP and was sworn in as the Maharashtra Chief Minister on June 30, with BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as his Deputy. Shinde also claimed that his faction was the “real Sena", thus starting a battle with Uddhav Thackeray on-ground and in the Supreme Court.
A look at the legal fight between Thackeray’s and Shinde’s Sena:
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