Uddhav Thackeray

Uddhav Thackeray claimed that the single judge's November 15 order, by which it had also directed the EC to expedite the proceedings, is 'erroneous' and liable to be set aside.

Thackeray claimed that the November 15 order by which the judge had also directed the EC to expedite the proceedings is "erroneous" and liable to be set aside.

The top court had ordered the listing of petitions before the constitution bench and directed the Election Commission not to pass any orders on the Shinde faction's plea that it be considered the real Shiv Sena and granted the party's poll symbol.

Thackeray was speaking at the inauguration of the 42nd Marathwada Sahitya Sammelan at Sant Ramdas College in Jalna district.

Earlier this month, the Commission had asked the Shiv Sena factions to submit fresh documents to back their claim to the party's name and its symbol by November 23.

Addressing a rally at Chikhli in Buldhana district, the former chief minister claimed that projects headed for Maharashtra were diverted to Gujarat due to the Assembly elections in that state.

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Sanjay Raut had questioned the Maharashtra Governor's remark and said how could Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj be an old role model when the state and the country follow his ideals even today .

It means these leaders would not have permanent police security outside their houses or escort.

In a dig, Thackeray said there is a downpour of announcements under the Eknath Shinde government and a ”drought” in their implementation as he interacted with rain-hit farmers in Aurangabad district.

Thackery was speaking at a function here to mark Bhujbal's 75th birthday which saw leaders of the Sena-NCP-Congress Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition coming together.

Latke had on September 2 submitted a letter to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), with which she was employed as a clerk since 2006, requesting that it relax certain service conditions so that she can contest the November 3 byelection.

The poll panel's decision came a day after the it granted the flaming torch symbol to the rival Sena faction, headed by Uddhav Thackeray.

In an order on the dispute in the Shiv Sena, the Election Commission allotted ShivSena - Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray' as the party name for the Thackeray faction and Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena' (Balasaheb's Shiv Sena) and the name for the Eknath Shinde group of the party.

His bail application is being heard by special judge M G Deshpande. Raut was produced in the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court as his judicial custody expired on Monday.

The petition, filed by Thackeray, has challenged ECI’s October 8 order, contending it was passed in complete violation of principles of natural justice and without granting any hearing to the parties and giving them an opportunity to lead evidence.

Sources in the poll panel on Monday confirmed that the alternative symbols and names have been submitted by both factions for allocation.

Sources in the poll panel confirmed that the alternate symbols and names have been submitted by both the factions.

The Commission's directive to the Thackeray faction came on Friday, when the Shinde faction submitted a memorandum seeking allocation of the bow and arrow' election symbol as the Andheri East assembly bypoll approaches.

Jaidev Thackeray's estranged wife Smita was also present at the MMRDA ground in BKC, the rally site in suburban Mumbai, along with Nihar, the son of late Bindumadhav Thackeray, Uddhav Thackeray's eldest brother.

Shinde’s tweet appears to be targeted at former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aaditya Thackeray. While Uddhav Thackeray heads one faction of the Shiv Sena, Shinde leads another camp.