Samata Party Meets Eknath Shinde After Team Uddhav Gets Its Poll Symbol
NDTV
The Samata Party had been derecognised by the Election Commission in 2004.
A delegation of Samata Party from Bihar met Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and sought his help in getting back its 'mashaal' (flaming torch) election symbol that has been allotted to the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray.
The delegation, led by the party president Uday Mandal, met Mr Shinde at the latter's office in Thane on Tuesday evening.
This information was shared by Eknath Shinde's city-based office through a release.
The meeting comes days after the Election Commission (EC) recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the real Shiv Sena, and allotted the 'bow and arrow' symbol to it. It also ruled that the 'flaming torch' symbol it had allotted to the Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena group last year, will remain with it till the conclusion of the Kasba Peth and Chinchwad Assembly bypolls in Pune district scheduled on February 26.
