The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Sunday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on "short-term politics not helping the country" and questioned the manner in which the Bharatiya Janata Party formed a government with the faction led by Eknath Shinde in Maharashtra.
Protests were staged across Maharashtra by the BJP and other right-wing organizations against Rahul Gandhi. A shutdown was observed at Bhagur, Savarkar's birthplace in Nashik district.
The Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction has an alliance with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party, as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi.
The incident took place in the Kisan Nagar area - a part of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's constituency, where newly appointed office bearers of Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena faction were being felicitated.
Andheri East bypoll: Latke got 66,530 votes out of the total 86,570 votes. The NOTA gives an option to electors not to vote in favour of any of the candidates in an election.
Maharashtra Politics: According to sources, the security cover of several other leaders has also been reduced. These include former Maharastra minister Aditya Thackeray, his cousin and Yuva Sena functionary Varun Sardesai, and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal.
Shiv Sena symbol tussle: Amid the tussle, the 'flaming torch' (mashaal) and 'two swords and a shield' symbols were allotted to the factions led by Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde by the Election Commission.
Sanjay Raut letter to mother: The Shiv Sena leader was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on August 1 in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the redevelopment of Patra 'chawl' in Mumbai. He is currently in judicial custody.
Shiv Sena symbol: The Election Commission last week froze its 'bow and arrow' symbol for an interim period following a feud between the two Sena factions — one led by Uddhav Thackeray and the other by Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde. It also asked the two sides not to use the name 'Shiv Sena'.
The election commission allotted the name 'Balasahebanchi ShivSena' to Shinde faction and 'ShivSena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) to Thackeray faction. However, it declined to allot 'Trishul', 'Rising Sun' and 'Gada' as symbols as they are "not in the list of free symbols".
Shiv Sena bow and arrow symbol row: The petition has arrayed ECI and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknathrao Sambhaji Shinde as parties.
Shiv Sena bow and arrow symbol row: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday passed an interim order barring both Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions from using the party name Shiv Sena and its 'bow and arrow' poll symbol.
Shiv Sena symbol freeze news: ECI has asked both the groups to furnish, latest by 1 pm on Oct 10, the names of their groups by which they may be recognised by the Commission and to this end, give three options in the order of preference, anyone of which may be approved by the Commission.
In its interim order, EC said in Andheri East bye polls, neither of the two factions -- Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde -- shall be permitted to use the symbol "Bow & Arrow", reserved for "Shivsena".
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While Uddhav Thackeray said that as per the yearly tradition, the Ravana Dahan ceremony will be done but the Ravana is different this year labelling rebel Eknath Shinde as 'Katappa', the latter responded saying even the Katappa had self respect but was not double standard like him.
Speaking at the Dussehra rally, Eknath Shinde said, "This is not your (Uddhav Thackeray) private Limited company. The Shiv Sena is of shiv-sainiks who have given their sweat for it. Not for people like you, who did partnerships & sold it."
As per our yearly tradition, there will be a 'Ravana Dahan' ceremony, but the Ravana of this year is different. With time, Ravana also changes... He used to be 10-headed till now... how many heads does he have now? He is 50 times more betraying, Uddhav Thackeray said.
Dussehra rallies in Mumbai: Notably, the Dussehra rallies of Eknath Shinde-led Sena and Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena are to be held today at different venues in Maharashtra after a months-long tug of war over the rally.
Dussehra rallies in Mumbai: For the first time since the Shiv Sena's inception 56 years ago, two Dussehra rallies will be held in Mumbai. The Shiv Sena's two rival factions -- led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray will address the celebration event.
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