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Maharashtra: Case on Shiv Sena split still undecided
Updated On: 18 January, 2023 07:37 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
CEC hears both parties, schedules next hearing on Jan 20, ahead of Uddhav Thackeray’s presidential term expiry
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Uddhav Thackeray. Pic/Nimesh Dave (right) Eknath Shinde. Pic/Ashish Raje
The hearing in the case on the split in the Shiv Sena was scheduled for January 20 after the two factions argued before the Election Commission of India (CEC) on Tuesday. Before the session ended, the Uddhav Thackeray-led group told the CEC that the split was imaginary, because it was only a case of some MLAs leaving the party. It also demanded the physical inspection of members and scrutiny of the documents submitted by the rival group. The Eknath Shinde faction opposed it, saying that the papers were in order. The latter challenged the legality of the presidential position Thackeray has been holding in the party since the split.
The two factions had moved the poll body staking claim to the parent party and its official symbol. In the process that followed, the CEC froze the symbol and allotted new ones to the groups that were also barred from using the original name. A separate case about disqualification of MLAs and other issues related to the government formation in June last year is being heard by the Supreme Court, which has slated the next hearing for February 14.
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