Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of Shiv Sena is likely to move to Supreme Court on Monday against Election Commission's move to allot the party name "Shiv Sena" and the symbol "Bow and Arrow" to the rival faction led by CM Eknath Shinde.
The plea was mentioned by the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of Shiv Sena challenging against Election Commission's move to allot the party name "Shiv Sena" and the symbol "Bow and Arrow" to the rival faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
Members of the BJP's students' wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), on Monday accused students of Left-backed affiliates of also being behind the desecration of a portrait of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his birth anniversary, at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday.<
Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday allotted the party name "Shiv Sena" and the symbol "Bow and Arrow" to the faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.
The BJP's Mumbai chief Ashish Shelar on Sunday warned Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) leader Sanjay Raut to stay "within limits", saying he had never fought or won any election in his life.
"ABVP members kept Shivaji's portrait at the JNUSU office, for which permission was needed from JNUSU delegation. Despite that, they did it illegally. Other students came there and removed all portraits for screening programme due to which fight broke out between two groups," NSUI said.
Several Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) workers on Sunday protested against the alleged vandalism of Shivaji Maharaj's portrait by the Left workers.
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader and spokesperson Sandeep Deshpande slammed MP Sanjay Raut for allegedly using obscene and derogatory language during a press conference on Sunday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday lashed out at Uddhav Thackeray for joining hands with the Maha Vikas Aghadi and said that the former Maharashtra Chief Minister "fell at Sharad Pawar's feet" in his aim to grab power.
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said the great Maratha ruler is a 'Yuga Purush' who changed Indian history and a source of inspiration.
Earlier in 2020, a bust of Chhatrapati Shivaji was removed by the local administration using a JCB machine in Sausar town in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district.