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    • Time to let go of the election symbol

      Time to let go of the election symbol

      The Election Commission playing judge and assigning the symbol in times of party splits should give way to a more fundamental question. From the times of 18 percent literacy in 1952, literacy is very possibly over 80 percent now. it is time to junk symbols and ask people to vote by pressing the button against the name of the candidate and the party he or she represents

    • Uddhav Thackeray-Eknath Shinde face-off: All you need to know about poll symbol allotment

      Uddhav Thackeray-Eknath Shinde face-off: All you need to know about poll symbol allotment

      With the SC now hearing Uddhav Thackeray’s plea against the EC decision to allot the Shiv Sena party name and symbol to Eknath Shinde-led faction, here is everything you need to know about the electoral symbols in India and how they are allotted.

    • Akhilesh camp stakes claim to 'cycle' symbol before EC

      Akhilesh camp stakes claim to 'cycle' symbol before EC

      Cycle, the election symbol of Samajwadi Party, today formally came under dispute with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's camp telling the Election Commission that the party is "actually" headed by him now and not its founder Mulayam Singh.

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