Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena moves SC against EC decision
New Delhi (PTI): The Uddhav Thackeray faction on Monday approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision of the Election Commission recognising the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordering allocation of the "bow and arrow" poll symbol to it.
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi mentioned the matter before a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud for an early listing of the Thackeray-led Sena faction's petition.
The CJI, however, refused to pass any order.
"The rule applies equally to all, whether left, right or centre. Come tomorrow through proper process," the bench said.
The Election Commission on Friday had recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena and ordered the allocation of the "bow and arrow" poll symbol to it.
In a 78-page order on the protracted battle for control of the organisation, the Commission allowed the Uddhav Thackeray faction to keep the "flaming torch" poll symbol allocated to it till the completion of the assembly by-polls in the state.
The Commission said MLAs backing Shinde got nearly 76 per cent of votes polled in favour of the 55 winning Shiv Sena candidates in the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly polls.
The Uddhav Thackeray faction's MLAs got 23.5 per cent of votes polled in favour of the winning Shiv Sena candidates, the three-member Commission said.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Raut residence recce: 4 staffers of telecom services firm interrogated, released after verification
Mumbai (PTI): Police interrogated four persons in connection with suspected recce outside Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut's bungalow here and later released them after verifying that they were employees of a telecom network services company, an official said on Saturday.
The men were employees of Insta ICT Solution, a telecom network services company, and were testing the network in the area on Saturday, the official said.
He said four men were interrogated and later released after the police verified their roles and designation with the company.
On Saturday, two men on a motorcycle were seen outside the Sena (UBT) leader's bungalow 'Maitri' in the Bhandup area around 9.30 am.
Finding it suspicious, some people waiting outside the bungalow alerted Raut's younger brother, MLA Sunil Raut.
Two men came on a two-wheeler, stopped outside the bungalow for some time and left the place, police had said.
A team from Kanjurmarg police station soon reached the spot and launched a probe.
