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BALASAHEBCHI SHIV SENA The Election Commission of India (EC) on October 10, 2022 allotted new party name to the Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. EC has decreed that the faction would be known as ‘Balasahebchi Shiv Sena’ granted his faction of the 'two swords and a shield' symbol. The party uses the symbol along with a portrait of the founder of Shiv Sena and its name in orange (saffron) background. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/eknath-shinde-says-new-symbol-is-emblem-of-chhatrapati-shivaji-and-old-shiv-sena/articleshow/94791999.cms?from=mdr Secretariat of Election Commission of India Letter No56/01/Dispute/PPS-II/2022 Date October 10, 2022 https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/eci-gives-new-names-for-thackeray-shinde-factions-rejects-alternative-party-symbols-proposed-by-shinde-camp/article65993433.ece  

SHIV SENA (UDDHAV BALASAHEB THACKERAY) The Election Commission of India (EC) on October 10, 2022 allotted new party name to the Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray giving the (mashaal) torch symbol to the Thackeray group. EC has decreed that the Uddhav Thackeray faction would be called the ‘Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)’ The torch in black and white is shown in an orange (saffron) circle. The name of the party is written in Devnagari at the bottom in orange and black.   Secretariat of Election Commission of India Letter No56/01/Dispute/PPS-II/2022 Date October 10, 2022 https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/eci-gives-new-names-for-thackeray-shinde-factions-rejects-alternative-party-symbols-proposed-by-shinde-camp/article65993433.ece https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/newly-allotted-shiv-sena-symbol-historical-significance-8201839/ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sena-vs-sena-uddhav-camp-gets-mashaal-as-poll-symbol-new-name-is-shiv-sena-u

SHIV SENA Shiv Sena  ( IAST : Śiva Sēnā) ( lit.  'Army of  Shivaji ') is a  right-wing Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist  political party in  India  founded in 1966 by cartoonist  Bal Thackeray . Originally emerging from  nativist  movements in  Bombay  (present-day Mumbai), the party agitates for preferential treatment for the  Marathi people  over migrants from other parts of India. Its election symbol for Maharashtra is bow and arrow with the name of the party in Marathi at the bottom. Due to factionalism, the Election Commission of India has frozen the symbol since 2022.   https://shivsena.org/https://shivsena.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ss_emblem_70px_orange_circle_new.svg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=97729639 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiv_Sena#:~:text=Its%20election%20symbol%20for%20Maharashtra,2019%20To%2029%20June%202022.&text=Although%20the%20party's%20primary%20base,to%20a%20pan%2DIndian%20base .