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After the Lok Sabha Secretariat allotted the Shiv Sena office in Parliament House to the Eknath Shinde-led faction, the party released a press note urging media to not refer to it as “Shinde-faction”.
In a press note released on Tuesday Shiv Sena said, “As per the Election Commission’s February 17 decision, it is requested that members of the media- newspapers and news channel while while broadcasting their stories refer to the Shinde group as ‘Shiv Sena’.”
Flash: Eknath Shinde's side requests media not to call them Shinde's faction but to call them and term them as Shivsena while addressing them and their stories
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— The New Indian (@TheNewIndian_in) February 21, 2023
Earlier in the day, responding to a letter written by Shinde faction’s floor leader Rahul Shewalae, the Lok Sabha Secretariat said the designated room for the Sena office in the Parliament building has been allotted to the party.
A document issued by the Lok Sabha secretariat, undersigned by Deputy Secretary Sunanda Chatterjee said , “I am directed to refer to your letter no. RS/03/02/23 dated 18.02.2023 on the above mentioned subject and to state that the Room No. 128, Parliament House has been allotted to the Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party for office of the Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party. This is for your kind information.”
Uddhav Thackeray, the former CM of Maharashtra lost to Shinde both the symbol and name of the party founded by his father Bal Thackeray in 1966, after EC’s decision.
On February 17, the Election Commission of India, keeping emotions at bay and going by the rationale of numbers, decided to give the party name ‘Shiv Sena’ and the symbol of ‘bow and arrow’ to the faction led by current Maharashtra CM, landing a big blow to the faction led by Uddhav.
In its 78-page final order in the dispute, ECI said, “The outcome of the majority test in the legislative wing reflects the qualitative superiority of petitioner (Eknath Shinde).”Citing numbers, ECI further added, “Uddhav Thackeray faction MLAs got 23.5 per cent of votes polled in favour of 55 winning Shiv Sena candidates in Maharashtra in the 2019 polls. Meanwhile, MLAs backing Eknath Shinde got nearly 76 per cent votes.”
Hailing the decision of ECI, CM Shinde said, “We set up the government in Maharashtra (with BJP) last year keeping in mind the thoughts of Balasaheb. This is the victory of Balasaheb’s legacy.”
