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Cal HC to Hear ISF's Challenge Against ECI Symbol Change
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News18•22-09-2026, 23:15
Cal HC to Hear ISF's Challenge Against ECI Symbol Change
- •The Calcutta High Court will hear a petition by ISF MLA Naushad Siddiqui challenging the Election Commission of India's decision to replace the party's 'envelope' symbol with 'almirah'.
- •Siddiqui's lawyer sought an urgent hearing, which Justice Krishna Rao's court will take up on Wednesday.
- •The ISF fought the April assembly elections in West Bengal using the 'envelope' symbol.
- •The ECI reassigned the 'envelope' symbol to the Ritabrata Banerjee-led Democratic Trinamool Congress amidst a factional dispute within the Trinamool Congress.
- •By-elections for Nandigram and Rejinagar are scheduled for October 6, with the ISF fielding a candidate in Nandigram.
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The Election Commission reassigned the envelope symbol to Ritabrata Banerjee’s Democratic Trinamool Congress following an internal dispute and temporary freeze of the TMC name and symbol, prompting the poll body to allot the almirah symbol to the ISF instead.
The Calcutta High Court scheduled a hearing on Wednesday before Justice Krishna Rao’s court after ISF leader and MLA Naushad Siddiqui's lawyer sought an urgent hearing to challenge the ECI's decision.
By-elections to the Nandigram and Rejinagar seats in West Bengal are scheduled to take place on October 6, with the election campaign concluding on October 4.
