TRS urges State Election CommissionerA delegation of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) led by Vice-Chairman of the State Planning Board B. Vinod Kumar have met State Election Commissioner C. Parthasarathi here on Monday and lodged a complaint against several poll symbols that visually resemble the TRS symbol “car”. Similarly, during the 2019 elections to Parliament (Lok Sabha) TRS lost the election to Bhongir parliamentary constituency due to a symbol that resembled car on the ballot terminal on EVMs, they said. The TRS delegation informed the SEC that the party had also lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India in the past on such similar symbols. Mr. Vinod Kumar later stated that the SEC had responded positively to the TRS request to remove the symbols resembling car from the list of poll symbols. He explained how such similar symbols were creating confusion among voters.

Source: The Hindu November 16, 2020 17:26 UTC