HC Quashes EC's Order Rejecting TMC's Plea for Cycle Symbol

Justice T. Raja remitted the matter back to the EC and directed the TMC to give a fresh representation

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Justice T. Raja remitted the matter back to the EC and directed the TMC to give a fresh representation

hc quashes ec s order rejecting tmc s plea for cycle symbol

TMC Party President G K Vasan Credits: wikimedia commons

Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday quashed a March 4, 2016 order of the Election Commission rejecting a request of the Tamil Manila Congress (TMC), headed by the former union minister G.K. Vasan, for allotment of the bicycle symbol to it. Passing the order, Justice T. Raja remitted the matter back to the EC and directed the TMC to give a fresh representation."The commission should consider the matter afresh and pass orders within eight weeks," he said.

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The Tamil Manila Congress was floated by veteran Congress leader G.K. Moopanar in 1996. The EC had then recognised it as a state party and allotted the bicycle symbol. After the demise of Moopanar in 2001, Vasan took over as the party president. It later merged with parent party Congress, but in 2014 again Vasan and his supporters broke away and revived the TMC.

Despite repeated applications for allotment of bicycle symbol, the EC rejected the proposal. Thus, the party filed the present petition.

(PTI)

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