Plea in SC to restrain Uddhav Thackeray group from alienating assets of Shiv Sena party

New Delhi [India], April 10 : A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to restrain the Uddhav Thackeray group from alienating movable or immovable assets of the Shiv Sena party and it should be transferred to the new party president.

The plea filed by Mumbai-based lawyer Ashish Giri sought direction to restrain the Thackeray group from transferring party funds.

"All the movable and immovable assets of shiv sena along with the frontal orgsations and aligning orgsations be transferred to the new party president as per the order of ECI," it stated.

The advocate said that the funds and assets were collected by all the workers and leaders of any political party and there is no personal gain or rights of any group, if the party is divided in two or more groups.

"The original party name and its symbol is given to any group by the Election Commission of India, the funds, assets and moveable and immovable property should be kept with original party. Any leader of any political party can not keep its assets and moveable and immovable properties personally and cannot divert to any other accounts or names," the plea added.

Following the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to allot the party name 'Shiv Sena' and the symbol 'Bow and Arrow' to the Eknath Shinde-led faction, leaders from Uddhav Thackeray's camp fear that the former will now stake its claim to Shiv Sena Bhavan, local party offices, also known as shakhas, and the party funds, the petition stated.

Various petitions are pending before the apex court filed by both the rival factions Uddhav Thackeray and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde concerning the Maharashtra political crisis.