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Shinde hails 'Two Swords & Shield' symbol, says it has origins in Maharashtra
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde
The Election Commission (EC) has allotted the poll symbol 'Two Swords & Shield' to the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena party headed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, officials said.
Mumbai/New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) has allotted the poll symbol 'Two Swords & Shield' to the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena party headed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, officials said.
The EC has made the interim arrangement to enable the party put up a candidate for the upcoming by-polls to Andheri East assembly elections and till the dispute in the matter is resolved.
Welcoming the development, Shinde said that the Two Swords & Shield has origins in Maharashtra and is synonymous with the 'Mavlas' (soldiers) of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
"Our Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena is the party of the masses, it's the legacy of Balasaheb Thackeray and belongs to all ordinary people," said Shinde.
Another senior party leader Shahaji Bapu Patil said that the Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena is satisfied with the new symbol which also signifies the Kshatriya fighters and the Maratha warriors.
While permitting the 'Two Swords & Shield', the EC rejected Shinde's other option -- a Sun with rays -- since it resembled the symbols allotted to some other parties and earlier it declined to allow its demand for Trident and Mace as these had religious connotations.
The development came a day after the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) was given a new identity and also the 'Flaming Torch' symbol, which the party has celebrated with gusto by lighting fire-torches all over the state on Tuesday.
Rutuja Latke, the Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate for the Andheri East Assembly by-elections on November 3 -- supported by the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party -- plans to file her nominations using the newly-allotted 'Flaming Torch' symbol.
