Reacting to the Election Commission of India's (ECI) ruling that Eknath Shinde represents the real Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole accused the Shinde faction of "stealing" the name and symbol of Shiv Sena and wondered how will he take away the blessings of the people for Uddhav Thackeray.

He further said the ECI has given the party name and symbol to the group that broke away from the Shiv Sena.