Shiv Sena tussle: Will 'bounce back' from 'cruel' EC decision, says Uddhav Thackeray faction

The Shiv Sena on Monday said it is a bushfire that can never be extinguished and promised to bounce back from the Election Commissions decision to freeze the partys name and symbol which the Uddhav Thackeray faction claimed was nothing short of injusticeThe ECI had on October 8 frozen the partys bow and arrow symbol as well as the use of its name ahead of the November 3 Andheri East Assembly bypoll in MumbaiIn an editorial in party mouthpiece Samaana it said This EC decision is the sin of Delhi Dishonest persons carried out this dishonesty But we would like to assure we will stand strong despite innumerable catastrophesThe EC took a cruel decision to finish off the Shiv Sena founded by Bal Thackeray because of the objections raised in front of it by the traitors led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde the editorial allegedWith this decision the Election Commission has spread darkness in Maharashtra Fiftysix years ago Balasaheb Thackeray lit a bushfire for Marathi identity and to give justice to the Marathispeaking populace But Eknath Shinde and 40 other traitors have become slaves of Delhi Centre to finish off the Shiv Sena it further claimedAlso Read NCW issues notice to Gujarat AAP chief over derogatory remarks against PM ModiThe names of Shinde and legislators of his faction will be written in black ink in history as the crookedness of Aurangzeb pales in comparison with those who sold Maharashtras selfesteem to occupy the CMs post and get a few ministerial berths the editorial claimedThe real facilitator of these chain of events is the Bharatiya Janata Party with its former state unit chief Chandrakant Patil himself claiming the plan to split the Shiv Sena was underway for the past twoandhalf years the Uddhav Thackeray faction allegedUnion Home Minister Amit Shah had said raze the Shiv Sena to the ground and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the Shiv Sena no longer exists As they cannot take us on directly they are taking refuge in courts and EC to fire at us the editorial saidOn talk that the EC decision was similar to the one taken in connection with Bihars Lok Janshakti Party the editorial said the Shiv Sena was different from the former as it is a bushfire that cannot be extinguishedDespite the use of money and Central probe agencies the Shiv Sena belongs to Bal Thackeray and lakhs of workers continue to swear allegiance to the party despite the defection of 40 MLAs and 12 Members of ParliamentThe Election Commissions decision is nothing but injustice The EC is expected to work independently and should not come under any pressure However everything that happened here is the opposite the editorial allegedIn a scathing attack on Shinde the Thackeray faction said such a demon never existed in the state in the past 5000 years adding that even Pakistan will be as happy as Shinde on the EC decisionThe sin committed by Shinde will be flattened by the curse of Bal Thackeray the Saamana editorial saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever