Chennai: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday will decide which faction of the AIADMK is the lawful claimant to the party's poll symbol – Two Leaves - a ruling that could potentially have far-reaching impact on both O. Panneerselvam and Sasikala Natarajan in Tamil Nadu politics.
The fight over party symbol has picked up in view of byelection to the R K Nagar assembly constituency in Chennai on April 12. The assembly constituency was held by former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The byelection has been necessitated by her death.
On Tuesday, Sasikala-led AIADMK filed a petition before the commission staking claim to the party's two-leaves symbol. Party Deputy General Secretary T T V Dinakaran has claimed that the 'two leaves' symbol belongs to his faction and that he would file the nomination for the R K Nagar constituency on March 23.
Filing of nominations for the byelection began on March 16. Scrutiny of nominations would take place on March 24 when the symbol will be a key issue. The byelection results will be declared on April 17.
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