The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Friday tore into the Election Commission (EC) decision awarding the original ‘Shiv Sena’ name and ‘Bow-and-Arrow’ symbol to the breakaway group headed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray said in Mumbai that “this was unexpected and is an injustice” by the EC, and it should have waited till the pendency of the court case in the Supreme Court.”Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take courage and announce from the Red Fort that after 75 years, freedom has ended, and democracy has been replaced by dictatorship,” said Thackeray.Calling Shinde a ‘thief’, Thackeray said first he stole the Shiv Sena’s (elected representatives), then its name and symbol, adding it’s an extremely dangerous development for democracy.

