Forward of the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly polls, the political parties of former actors Vijay and Kamal Hassan had been allotted their respective symbols by the Election Commission of India (ECI).
The whistle symbol has been allotted to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), headed by actor Vijay. Whereas, the battery torch symbol has been allotted to Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), the secure collectively headed by Kamal Hassan.
“I am directed to state that the application of the following registered un-recognised political party(s) for conession in the allotment of a common symbol to its candidates being set up at the forthcoming General Election to the Legislative Assemblies of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry 2025-26, under the provisions of Para 10B of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order,1968, have been accepted by the Commission,” in accordance to an verbalize by the secretariat of the ECI to the Tamil Nadu Chief Electoral Officer.
The half and usage of symbols is governed by the Election Symbols (Reservation and Half) Uncover, 1968.
The symbols are additionally readily accessible for half as “free symbol” to other candidates in the constituencies where the parties stop now not in actual fact build up their candidates.
Furthermore, the parties could additionally lose their symbols in the occasion that they stop now not meet the requirement of a minimal assortment of candidates, that is, a hit in 5 per cent of the total Assembly constituencies.
Each and each parties are build to debut in the upcoming assembly polls, vying to carry out energy by unseating the incumbent Dravidra Munnetra Kazhagham (DMK).
The full political parties comprise started gearing up for the elections, with AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami already announcing the secure collectively’s first fragment of the secure collectively’s poll guarantees on January 17.
The AIADMK’s election guarantees encompass the Ladies’s Welfare Kulavilakku Diagram, under which a monthly financial assistance of Rs 2,000 will probably be supplied to all ration card-keeping households, credited instantly to the checking narrative of the girl head of the family.
Vijay, the founding father of TVK, himself has been embroiled in controversy, already going thru questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) relating to the Karur stampede.
Tamil Nadu is scheduled to withhold elections in the significant half of this twelve months. The legit agenda has now not but been announced by the ECI.
