Mumbai: Immediately after the Election Commission order about Shivsena party, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde took over party's office in legislative house. The Shivsena legislative house is on third floor of Maharashtra asankhya building. It was in control of Uddhav Thackeray camp. But Shinde group now have possession of it. State assembly speaker too have allowed Shinde group to have control.
Sources from Shinde camp told FPJ that the EC order copy, which came out on Friday evening, was submitted to assembly speaker on Saturday. This order has given right to Shinde group to claim itself as Shivsena party. Sources said that speaker office accepted the order on Saturday. Speaker allowed Shinde group to take control of the office on Monday morning.
So, MLA Bharat Gogavale along with his party colleagues and office bearers of Shinde group went to assembly building and took possession of the office. Now, Devendra Suryavanshi will be office head of the Shivsena legislative party.
Meanwhile sources have told FPJ that Shinde group will also take similar possession of parliament office in New Delhi. Party's leader in Lok Sabha Rahul Shewale is given task to complete the procedure.
The first national executive of Shivsena under Eknath Shinde will be held in Mumbai on Tuesday evening. It is expected that Shinde will announce names of national executive members after the meeting. This meeting is necessary as per election commission rules.
Shiv Sena name and symbol awarded to Shinde faction
The Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray suffered a body blow on Friday when the Election Commission of India (ECI) recognised the faction led by chief minister Eknath Shinde as the real Shiv Sena. Shinde supporters burst crackers outside their party office opposite Mantralaya.
The ECI, in its 78-page order, also alloted the symbol "Bow & Arrow" to Shinde's faction. The Sena, founded by the late Bal Thackeray 1966, had consistently fought elections on the "Bow & Arrow" symbol all these decades and its allotment to Shinde is a major setback to Thackeray.
