Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said that despie everything being stolen, but the name ‘Thackeray’ cannot be stolen.

“Everything has been stolen from me. The name and symbol of our party have been stolen but the name ‘Thackeray’ cannot be stolen. We have moved the Supreme Court against the decision given by the Election Commission, the hearing will start tomorrow,” said Uddhav Thackeray.

This comes days after the Election Commission granted the “Shiv Sena” name and the “bow and arrow” party symbol to Chief Minister Eknath Shinde faction. The Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena has moved a petition in the Supreme Court against the decision of the Election Commission.

The plea demanded that the elction panel should be dissolved while the matter is going on in the Supreme Court.

“The Election Commission only has control over the symbol of parties… EC panel should be dissolved, the matter is going on in the Supreme Court. I received calls from Sharad Pawar, Nitish Kumar and Mamata Banerjee,” he said.

He alleged that if the current scenario in the state is not stopped then anarchy would start after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

“If this (the current scenario in Maharashtra) is not stopped, the 2024 Lok Sabha elections may turn out to be the last elections in the country as after that anarchy will start here,” said Uddhav Thackeray.

Addressing a press conference he said that he had requested the Election Commission, that there is a matter of suspended MLAs in the Supreme Court and until the verdict comes, don’t give the decision.

“There is no question of whip being issued as now there are two factions at present which have been recognised by ECI and based on that they have got the name and symbol and we have already challenged this,” he said.

“I challenge the Shinde faction to leave the name of my father and win elections using the name of their father, by forming a party,” he added.