On Monday the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena moved the Election Commission, asking it to hear it out before taking a view on any demands made by the faction led by Eknath Shinde on the party symbol.
Sources said that Shiv Sena leader Anil Desai, in a recent communication to the poll panel, has urged it to give Shiv Sena a hearing in case of claims to the party’s election symbol — bow and arrow.
In another significant, yet unrelated development, a whopping 13 of the 18 Lok Sabha MPs of the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra physically attended a key meeting at ‘Matoshree’, the private residence of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray in suburban Bandra.
During the meeting one of the topics that came up for discussions was the presidential elections and a majority of them suggested supporting the BJP-led NDA’s candidate Droupadi Murmu, party leader Gajanan Kiritkar said.