Almost certain that the Election Commission of India (ECI) will go against it in the faction feud case, the Shiv Sena (UBT) has demanded that the poll body wait for the Supreme Court to decide on matters related to the disqualification of 16 rebel legislators, before passing an order on the election symbol and branding which is the original party.

Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray told a media conference on Wednesday that fearing disqualification, the Eknath Shinde group has argued before the ECI that the faction with more elected representatives be declared original and given the party symbol of bow and arrow, which the commission froze ahead of the Andheri East by-poll. It had also barred both factions from the use of the parent party’s name.