A day after issuing an interim order freezing the 'two leaves' election symbol of Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), the Election Commission of India on Thursday allotted 'Hat' symbol to Sasikala's faction and 'Electricity pole' to the O Panneerselvam (OPS) camp for the prestigious RK Nagar assembly bypoll.
OPS camp has been named AIADMK Puratchi Thalaivi Amma, while Sasikala camp has been named AIADMK Amma.
The bypoll was necessitated following the demise of J Jayalalitha.
The OPS camp has announced E Madhusudhanan's name as its candidate for the bypoll in R K Nagar. T T V Dinakaran, AIADMK Deputy General Secretary and nephew of Sasikala, is the candidate of the other camp.
Thursday (today) is the last date to file nominations for the April 12 bypoll.
Earlier on Tuesday, Sasikala-led AIADMK faction filed a petition before the commission staking claim to the party's symbol.
Panneerselvam-led group had last week claimed that the party symbol rightfully belonged to it as Sasikala's election as the AIADMK general secretary was 'invalid and illegal'.
Expressing disappointment over the Election Commission of India (ECI) decision to freeze the election symbol, former Tamil Nadu chief minister O. Panneerselvam said he would raise his voice legally to get back the symbol.
"In spite of having kept strong arguments in front of the Election Commission, we are disappointed by the results. We will continue to raise voice legally to get back our symbol,? the Panneerselvam camp said in a statement.
Earlier, AIADMK deputy general secretary TTV Dinakaran, who belongs to former party general secretary V.K. Sasikala's faction, asserted the decision would not affect them in the upcoming RK Nagar by-polls.
The poll panel on Wednesday decided to freeze the AIADMK election symbol of 'Two Leaves', after representatives of Panneerselvam and former party general secretary V.K. Sasikala factions made their claims for it.
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