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Shiv Sena feud over party chief post escalates
Updated On: 12 January, 2023 08:27 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
With the five-year term of the party chief’s post coming to an end on Jan 23, both faction up the ante
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Uddhav Thackeray was the last elected party president of the Shiv Sena before the split. File pic
The feud between the two factions of the Shiv Sena has reached an interesting stage as the five-year term of the party chief is set to end on January 23. Uddhav Thackeray was the last elected party president, but after the split, the breakaway faction led by Eknath Shinde has questioned the validity of the election held in 2018. Both the factions have approached the Election Commission and the Supreme Court in the matter and submitted documents in support of their claims. The Thackeray faction has asked the EC and SC to allow the party to either hold a fresh organisational election or consider Thackeray as the party chief.
The EC heard both the sides on Tuesday and scheduled the next hearing on January 17 to decide the ‘originality’ which will decide which faction gets to keep the parent party’s election symbol of bow and arrow. Meanwhile, the SC has set the date of next hearing to decide on the cases related to the formation of the government and disqualification of the breakaway MLAs on February 14. Whenever delivered, the verdicts are expected to impact the state politics in a great manner.
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