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The State Election Commission has allotted symbols to the Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas), the Secular National Dravida Party (SNDP), and the Socialist Republican Party.
The KC (Skaria Thomas) has been allotted ‘laptop’ arsenic its symbol, portion SNDP has been fixed ‘umbrella.’ The Socialist Republican Party volition person ‘ship’ arsenic its symbol. The committee headed by A. Shajahan said connected Sunday that it has issued orders making the allotments.
The State Election Commission (SEC) had removed these parties from its database aft the Election Commission of India (EC) included them connected the database of ‘De-listed governmental parties.’ But they had approached the Kerala High Court which issued orders, temporarily removing them from the ‘De-listed’ list. The tribunal bid stated that the parties tin contention successful the section assemblage elections and that they should beryllium allotted symbols. It is successful this discourse that the SEC has issued orders allotting them symbols.
The committee said it has allotted the symbols successful Table IV of its notification connected the allotment of symbols which deals with ‘Free symbols for autarkic candidates which see the symbols allotted to registered unrecognised governmental parties that person nary subordinate oregon members successful the Kerala Legislative Assembly oregon successful immoderate of the section bodies successful Kerala.’ The SEC has issued a draught notification connected September 19 allotting symbols to governmental parties for the 2025 elections to section bodies successful the State.
The committee besides noted that the National Peoples Party, which is listed arsenic a nationalist party, has been allotted ‘book,’ arsenic its symbol, which is the aforesaid allotted to it by the EC.
For the nationalist parties, which find notation successful Table 1 of the notification, the symbols are arsenic follows: Aam Aadmi Party (Broom), Bahujan Samaj Party (Elephant), Bharatiya Janata Party (Lotus), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (Hammer, Sickle and Star), and Indian National Congress (Hand). Table 2 of the notification mentions the symbols for the State parties, and Table 3, the symbols allotted to State parties of different States and Union Territories and registered unrecognised governmental parties having practice successful the Kerala Assembly oregon successful immoderate of section bodies successful Kerala.
