EC allots battery torch symbol to Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam

"We have got battery torch symbol," says Kamal Haasan

PTI, Chennai

PUBLISHED ON JAN 15, 2021 10:11 PM IST

Makkal Needhi Maiam has been allotted 'battery torch' image by the Election Fee for the approaching meeting elections, celebration chief Kamal Haasan stated right here on Friday. "We have been allotted torchlight symbol for all the 234 assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu," he stated in a video message on his Twitter deal with.

மக்கள் நீதி மய்யத்திற்கு மீண்டும் டார்ச் சின்னம் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது என்பதை மகிழ்ச்சியுடன் தெரிவித்துக்கொள்கிறேன்.
ஒடுக்கப்பட்டோர் வாழ்வில் ஒளிபாய்ச்ச போராடிய மார்ட்டின் லூதர் கிங்கின் பிறந்தநாளில் இது நிகழ்ந்திருக்கிறது.
(1/2) pic.twitter.com/MqzKEBiidR— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) January 15, 2021

Meeting elections are more likely to be held throughout April-Might within the state. MNM contested on the image of torchlight within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and garnered a vote share of three.77 per cent. The celebration had final month stated it was 'denied' the torch image for 2021 meeting polls by the EC although the celebration bought it for the neighbouring Puducherry.

The MNM had moved the Madras Excessive Court docket final month, looking for a course to the Election Fee to allot the image to it. It had additionally needed the courtroom to restrain the MGR Makkal Katchi from utilizing the battery torch image alloted then to the little identified celebration.