Uddhav's Sena gets new name & symbol, Shinde faction asked to submit afresh

The Election Commission on Monday disallowed any symbols with religious overtones in its order the Shiv Sena dispute. The polling body said the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction can use flaming torch 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, while Shinde's group name would be 'Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena'. “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. While the Thackeray-led faction had urged the polling body to finalise one of three symbols - a ‘trident’, ‘burning torch’, and ‘rising Sun’, the camp-headed by Shinde submitted ‘rising Sun’, ‘trident’ and ‘mace’ to the EC.