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The Election Commission (EC) on Friday allowed the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) to use its poll symbol ‘arrow’, in the upcoming Assembly polls in five States — Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala. Similarly, the poll body allowed the Tejaswi Yadav-led RJD to use the symbol ‘Hurricane Lamp’ in Assembly polls in Assam and the AIl India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen to use the symbol ‘kite’ in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu polls.
In a letter to chief electoral officers of five States, the EC said the Commission has decided to extend the concession sought by the party under paragraph 10 of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968. “Accordingly, the candidates set up by “Janata Dal (United)†at the current General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala in all the Assembly Constituencies of all the mentioned States, shall be allotted the symbol ‘Arrow’,†it said.
The Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United has urged the poll body to allow using symbol ‘arrow’ in the upcoming state assembly polls. The party said that it is using the same poll symbol in Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh.
The EC has earlier barred Janata Dal (United) from using its poll symbol ‘arrow’ in the upcoming polls in Jharkhand and Maharashtra, due to its resemblance with the bow and arrow symbol of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Shiv Sena in 2019.
The poll body has also granted permission to use symbol hurricane lamp to RJD for the Assam polls and AIl India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen to use symbol kite in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu on the same ground.
