Lok Sabha elections 2024: Confusion over Sena (UBT) symbol among city voters

Updated On: 22 April, 2024 07:18 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshan Kalyanikar

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Anil Desai, the Sena (UBT)’s Mumbai South Central candidate, at a recent rally in Pratiksha Nagar

A month before the elections, Mumbai South Central’s Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Anil Desai’s door-to-door campaign carried out by party cadre is unable to reach as many voters amidst confusion over the party symbol. Prior to the Sena split, the undivided party’s symbol held a very clear and permanent space in the minds of its loyal voters. As noted by Vishaka Raut, karyakarta of Sena (UBT) women’s wing in Pratiksha Nagar, “Whenever we went for door-to-door campaigns, people used to tell us beforehand that they know our party symbol is the bow and arrow.”

Sanjay Mhatre, shakha pramukh