Freeze on Bow and Arrow: Why Did the EC Bar Both Shiv Sena Factions from Using the Party Symbol?

The Election Commission of India, in an interim order passed on Saturday night, froze the ‘bow and arrow’ election symbol of the Shiv Sena until the competing claims between the two rival factions are resolved. Neither of the two Shiv Sena factions — one led by Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde and the other by his predecessor Uddhav Thackeray — will be permitted to use the symbol in the upcoming bypoll for Andheri East…