Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:24am on 24 Sep 2026,Thursday Politics
The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to set a reasonable timeline for deciding the dispute over the Trinamool Congress name and election symbol. The court said both sides must get a fair chance to present their evidence. The ECI had earlier frozen the original TMC name and the Flowers and Grass symbol for the upcoming West Bengal by-elections. It gave the rival groups separate names and symbols as an interim measure. The Supreme Court asked the ECI to return with a proposed timeline on September 28. The by-elections in Nandigram and Rejinagar are scheduled for October 6.
