The Election Commission’s interim order, issued on September 17, asked both factions to contest the October 6 bypolls under different names and symbols.
Published: September 18, 2026, 10:30 PM IST
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Mamata Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court, challenging the Election Commission’s move to temporarily freeze the TMC’s name and symbol as two rival factions, hers and one led by Ritabrata Banerjee, stake competing claimsIn its interim order dated September 17, the EC directed both sides to adopt different names and symbols for the upcoming October 6 bypolls.
The court move came just hours after the bypoll in Nandigram saw its own controversyThe Mamata faction candidate withdrew her name, reportedly after meeting Chief Minister Suvendu AdhikariAs Mamata then extended support to the Congress candidate, he was arrested in a murder case from 2007.
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