Deccan Herald ·
Politics
No 'flowers and grass' to Mamata or Ritabrata: Election Commission bars both TMC factions from using party symbol, name
The Election Commission has frozen the Trinamool Congress name and symbol amid a bitter feud between Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee factions. Both sides face hearings on Thursday after failing to resolve disputes over party documents and organisational elections.
The 'interim' order came hours after Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioners Vivek Joshi and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu met the rival delegations for the second time in five days