Uddhav says party workers will teach ‘detractors’ a befitting lesson

TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/ Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said the Election Commission’s move to freeze the ‘Shiv Sena’ name and the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol has angered his party workers who will teach their detractors a lesson.

The Election Commission on Monday allotted ‘flaming torch’ (mashaal) election symbol to the Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena. In an order on the dispute in the Shiv Sena, the Election Commission allotted ‘Shiv Sena – Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray’ as the party name for the Thackeray faction, and ‘Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena’ (Balasaheb’s Shiv Sena) as the name for the Eknath Shinde group of the party.

The Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government collapsed in June this year after a revolt led by Shinde against the party leadership. Shinde later became the chief minister with BJP’s support. On Wednesday, addressing his party workers from Uran in neighbouring Raigad district, Thackeray said their organisation will brave all attempts to destroy it and emerge stronger.