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Election Commission grants National Party status to All India Trinamool Congress

After winning two consecutive assembly polls in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee on Friday added yet another feather to her cap with her Trinamool Congress being extended the 'national party' status by the Election Commission.
•    Sources in the poll panel, quoting an order, said Trinamool Congress has satisfied one of the conditions mentioned in the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968 to be recognized as a national party — having being recognized as a state party in at least four states.
•    It is a recognized state party in West Bengal, Manipur, Tripura and Arunachal Pradesh.
•    Now, India has seven recognized national parties — Congress, BJP, BSP, CPI, CPM, NCP and All India Trinamool Congress.
•    Recognition as a national or a state party ensures that the election symbol of that party is not used by any other political entity in polls across India. 
•    Other registered but unrecognized political parties have to choose from a pool of "free symbols" announced by the commission from time to time.


 

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