Just before the Maharashtra elections, there was a change in the election symbol of the Uddhav faction, know the reason

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Assembly elections are to be held in Maharashtra after about a month from now. Political parties are busy with their preparations for the elections. Amidst the election preparations, big news has come out about Uddhav Thackeray’s party Shiv Sena UBT. The election symbol of Shiv Sena UBT has been changed. The election symbol of the Shiv Sena UBT faction is a torch. A slight change has been made in this election symbol. Let us know why the election symbol of Uddhav’s party was changed just before the assembly elections.

Why was the change made?

Shiv Sena UBT faction has got the revised ‘torch’ election symbol. In fact, in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the Uddhav Thackeray faction said that the torch election symbol should look like an ice cream cone. For this reason, the election symbol has been changed. The election symbol that Shiv Sena UBT has now has been slightly changed and a clear torch has been shown. This is being publicized by the party.

Dispute over seat sharing in MVA

On the other hand, the tussle continues in the Mahavikas Aghadi over the issue of seat sharing. Uddhav Thackeray has said that where more than one party contests elections together, there is a tug-of-war over seats. But all parties need to take care that this does not lead to a breakup. Uddhav said that seat sharing will be decided before the elections. Seat sharing can be decided in two to three days or on Saturday itself. According to the information, consensus has been reached on most of the seats in the Mahavikas Aghadi meeting. But there are only 25 such seats on which consensus has not been reached yet.

Full election schedule

  • Date of issue of election notification- 22.10.2024 (Tuesday)
  • Last date for nomination- 29.10.2024 (Tuesday)
  • Date for scrutiny of nominations- 30.10.2024 (Wednesday)
  • Last date for withdrawal of candidature- 04.11.2024 (Monday)
  • Voting date- 20.11.2024 (Wednesday)
  • Counting date- 23.11.2024 (Saturday)