A Division Bench of the High Court comprising Justice B.
Seshasayana Reddy and Justice K. G. Shankar on Thursday directed the
Election Commission of India to reconsider the application submitted by
the YSR Congress Party for allotment of common symbol for its candidates
in the ensuing by-elections.
The writ petition was
filed by a party spokesman B. Govardhan Reddy who contended that the YSR
Congress had sought a common symbol but the Election Commission had
refused the plea. He filed a writ petition challenging the order of the
Commission.
The Bench felt that the application
needed to be reconsidered as the rules regarding the allotment of
symbols do not deal with the by-elections.
The
fledgling party, which is yet to be recognised by the EC, has fielded
its candidates in all the 18 Assembly constituencies and to the Nellore
Lok Sabha seat.
from Hindu
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