Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday expressed happiness over receiving her certificate of election and said that it is not just a document but a symbol of love, trust, and the values she is committed to.
Supreme Court on Wednesday decided to hear the dispute over the use of election symbols between Ajit Pawar faction of National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sharad Pawar faction of NCP on October 1
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwalaand PS Narasimha said, "What kind of plea is this? No eyes, no nose, no hand can be an election symbol. Dismissed. The intention is only to stop the hand symbol."
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday attacked the Congress and its ally Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), saying lantern (RJD election symbol) is flickering and compared Congress to dinosaurs, saying it would become extinct from Indian politics.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who reached Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur and then Varanasi on Tuesday for election campaign for PDM candidates, said they appealed to voters to cast their votes on election symbol of the envelope.
Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sibin C on Sunday said that 328 candidates contesting for 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab have been allotted election symbols by the District Election Officers as per the instructions of the Election Commission of India.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has allotted 'slippers' as the election symbol to Pandit Keshav Dev, an independent candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Barrister Gohar Ali Khan on Saturday ruled out a merger with the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), even if PTI were to regain its election symbol of the 'bat,' reasoning that the two were political parties with different orientations.
The Election Commission of Pakistan is allotting electoral symbols to candidates contesting by-elections for 23 national and provincial assembly seats, ARY News reported on Saturday.
Student Wing State Deputy Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Ka Amutharasan, has accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of having a biassed attitude towards opposition parties by allocating election symbols as per their wishes.
If orders keep coming to change the election symbols, the elections scheduled for February 8 may have to be delayed again, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) warned, Dawn reported on Wednesday.