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Eknath Shinde faction will get the official name of Shiv Sena and the bow-arrow symbol of the Balasaheb Thackeray-founded party, according to the Election Commission order.
The decision to allot Shiv Sena name and ‘bow and arrow’ party symbol to Eknath Shinde was taken as the Uddhav Thackeray faction MLAs got 23.5 per cent of votes polled in favour of 55 winning Shiv Sena candidates in Maharashtra in 2019 polls, the Election Commission said.
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