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Election Commission to decide on AIADMK symbol

  •   Wed, Mar 22 2017 02:14:59 PM

Chennai, Mar 22 (IANS): The Election Commission is expected to decide on Wednesday the allocation of "two leaves" symbol to one of the factions of Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK.

The ruling faction is led by now jailed General Secretary V.K. Sasikala while the other is headed by former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam.

The poll panel has three options: allot the symbol to the Sasikala or the Panneerselvam factions or, in a worse case scenario, freeze the symbol.

The allotment of the symbol is important as election will be held on April 12 to the Tamil Nadu assembly from the R.K.Nagar constituency, which was represented by the late J. Jayalalithaa.

"We are confident of getting the symbol. The majority of the MLAs are on our side. The government is also ours," AIADMK spokesperson Avadi Kumar told IANS.

AIADMK Deputy General Secretary T.T.V. Dinakaran will be contesting in R.K. Nagar on behalf of the ruling party.

The Panneerselvam faction has fielded E. Madhusudanan.
  

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  • Michael Noronha, mysore

    Wed, Mar 22 2017

    Press reports clearly spell out that Sashikala is not legally eligible to be the Secretary General of AIADMK as per the party bye-laws and she is disqualified. EC should ensure that justice is not only be done but seen to be done while deciding this case. Otherwise, political parties will make a mockery of the electoral process.

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