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Mamata Banerjee Challenges EC Order on TMC Name, Symbol in Supreme Court
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Moneycontrol•18-09-2026, 23:53
Mamata Banerjee Challenges EC Order on TMC Name, Symbol in Supreme Court
- •Mamata Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court against the Election Commission of India's decision to bar her faction from using the original All India Trinamool Congress name and its 'Flowers and Grass' symbol.
- •The ECI's interim freezing of the TMC's traditional name and symbol comes amidst a leadership dispute within the party and ahead of the October 6 by-elections.
- •The political escalation also involves the withdrawal of Mamata Banerjee's faction's Nandigram candidate and the subsequent arrest of Congress nominee Milan Pradhan in an old murder case.
- •Banerjee questioned the timing of Milan Pradhan's arrest, linking it to her faction's decision to support the Congress candidate in Nandigram.
- •She alleged that these developments reflect a pattern of "vendetta and atrocities" and accused an "Election Agency-BJP partnership" of undermining democracy.
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Mamata Banerjee challenged the Election Commission of India's interim decision to freeze her faction's use of the original All India Trinamool Congress party name and its traditional 'Flowers and Grass' symbol amid a leadership dispute.
Ahead of the October 6 by-elections, the ECI's freezing of the party name and symbol coincided with the withdrawal of Nandigram candidate Sanchita Pradhan Dey and the subsequent arrest of Congress nominee Milan Pradhan in an old murder case.
Mamata Banerjee questioned the timing of Milan Pradhan's arrest, linking it directly to her faction's decision to support the Congress candidate and calling it a vendetta reflecting a partnership between the election agency and the BJP.
