Trinamool Symbol War Moves To Supreme Court As Mamata Banerjee Challenges Poll Body Freeze

Mamata Banerjee has gone to the Supreme Court against the Election Commission's decision to temporarily freeze the name and symbol of the Trinamool Congress, as two factions -- one led by the former chief minister, the other by Ritabrata Banerjee -- have made claims.

The EC's interim order of September 17 barred both factions from using the name 'All India Trinamool Congress' and the party's 'flowers and grass' symbol, and made them choose different names and symbols for the October bypolls. The Mamata faction was allotted the name 'Mamata All India Trinamool Congress' and the 'Football Player' symbol. The Ritabrata Banerjee-Arup Roy faction got the name 'Democratic Trinamool Congress' and 'Envelope' as its symbol.