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SC allows EC to decide which faction - Uddhav or Eknath - forms ‘real’ Shiv Sena

SC will now decide which faction is the ‘real’ Shiv Sena (PTI)

Justice DY Chandrachud, heading a constitution bench, rejected the plea of the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction seeking to restrain the EC from deciding the Shinde group's claim over the “real" Shiv Sena.

“We direct that there would be no stay of the proceedings before the Election Commission," the bench also comprising Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha said.

While it was a setback for the Uddhav Thackeray camp, the Bombay High Court had earlier ruled in favour of it when it sought to hold the Dussehra rally in Shivaji Park.

In a shot in the arm, the Bombay High Court granted the Uddhav Thackeray faction permission to hold its annual Dussehra rally at the iconic Shivaji Park ground in central Mumbai. For the Thackeray faction, the development has a symbolic value as Shivaji Park is associated with the Sena since its birth, and his group is locked in a tussle with the rebel group led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to establish itself as the “real" Shiv Sena.

The Eknath Shinde faction had also sought permission to hold the rally at the Shivaji Park on the same day, 5 October, and opposed Uddhav Thackeray group's petition in the high court.

Welcoming the ruling, Uddhav Thackeray appealed to his supporters to maintain discipline while attending the rally on Dussehra.

(With agency inputs)

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