‘Unconstitutional, illegal, undemocratic’: Mamata after EC assigns new symbol and name
Mamata Banerjee declared the internal dispute a "black day" in India's democratic history. Her camp's Nandigram candidate withdrew nomination after the Election Commission froze the party name. The Election Commission assigned new names and symbols to rival Trinamool Congress factions. Banerjee's faction received "Mamata All India Trinamool Congress" and the "Football Player" symbol. Her camp…
Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee denounced the developments surrounding the internal factional dispute within the Trinamool Congress as a "black day" in India's democratic history. She alleged that the changes were "unconstitutional, illegal, undemocratic and a totally biased vendetta to satisfy the ego of a political party."
Her camp's Nandigram bypoll candidate, Sanchita Pradhan Dey, withdrew her nomination a day before the deadline following an interim Election Commission order freezing the use of the party's name and symbol by both factions. The Election Commission assigned her faction the name "Mamata All India Trinamool Congress" and the symbol "Football Player," while the group led by Arup Roy was given the name "Democratic Trinamool Congress" and the symbol "Envelope." Mamata's camp now plans to support the Congress party in Nandigram and Assam.
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