THE faction of the Shiv Sena led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday got a shot in the arm as the Election Commission of India (ECI) allowed his group to retain the name 'Shiv Sena' and its symbol 'Bow and Arrow'. The election body relied upon 'the test of majority' in the legislative assembly, as its test in the organisational wing had not yielded 'determinable or satisfactory findings'.
In the affidavit filed by the Shinde group, it had claimed to have the support of 40 MLAs in the Maharashtra legislative assembly and 13 MPs in the Lok Sabha. The Uddhav Thackeray group had stated it had 15 MLAs and four MPs in the Lok Sabha besides the entire strength in the legislative council (12) and the Rajya Sabha (3).
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