Team Thackeray Writes To Election Body: "Bias" In Party Names, Symbols

Team Thackeray, in the letter, said the Election Commission shared "privileged communication" by uploading Team Thackeray's choice of names and symbols on the election body's website "possibly even before [Team Shinde] had submitted his own list"

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena group has written a 12-point letter to the Election Commission alleging bias in favour of the rival Eknath Shinde camp in deciding party symbol and names.

Team Thackeray, in the letter, said the Election Commission shared "privileged communication" by uploading Team Thackeray's choice of names and symbols on the election body's website "possibly even before [Team Shinde] had submitted his own list". This allowed Team Shinde to copy the choices that Team Thackeray had suggested, the letter alleged.

Mr Thackeray's faction is now called Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray and its symbol is the flaming torch. Mr Shinde's group is called Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena, and carries the symbol of a shield and two swords.