{
  "id": 8266217,
  "title": "Mamata Banerjee Hand-Drew Party Symbol. It's Now Tied To An Indira Gandhi Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/mamata-banerjee-hand-drew-party-symbol-its-now-tied-to-an-indira",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T15:54:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV - India News",
    "slug": "ndtv-india-news",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/two-flowers-one-stem-who-is-the-real-trinamool-what-the-congress-shiv-sena-and-ncp-splits-tell-us-12065977"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Election Commission of India has intervened in the internal feud of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) by allocating separate, temporary identities to the two warring factions. The poll panel froze the legacy TMC name and its iconic symbol, and directed both camps to select alternative titles and symbols.\n\nThe faction led by Mamata Banerjee was registered under the name \"Mamata All India Trinamool Congress\" and was granted the \"football player\" ballot symbol. The rebel faction, backed by Arup Roy and Ritabrata Banerjee, was assigned the identity \"Democratic Trinamool Congress\" with the \"envelope\" symbol.\n\nThe Election Commission's decision to prefix the party title with \"Mamata\" has been seen as reinforcing her central political standing. The temporary identities will be used in the October 6 legislative bypolls in West Bengal and Assam, and both factions will operate as recognised regional entities across West Bengal, Meghalaya, and Tripura.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "Mamata Banerjee's Party, Rebel Camp Get New Name, Symbol",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/mamata-banerjees-party-rebel-camp-get-new-name-symbol",
        "published": "2026-09-18T08:55:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Mamata Banerjee's New Party Identity And 'Football Player' Symbol Hand Her A Subtle Brand Messaging",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/mamata-banerjees-new-party-identity-and-football-player-symbol-hand",
        "published": "2026-09-18T11:12:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}