The Election Commission has just handed Mamata Banerjee’s faction a ne

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The Election Commission has just handed Mamata Banerjee’s faction a new identity — 'Mamata All India Trinamool Congress' — paired with the ‘Football Player’ symbol.

Yes, you read that right; a football player. Meanwhile, the rival camp gets ‘Democratic Trinamool Congress’ and an ‘Envelope’. This isn’t just about naming; it’s about political survival. In a stunning twist, the EC has frozen the original party name and its iconic ‘grass flower’ symbol for upcoming by-elections. Why? Because the internal split became too messy to ignore. And now, even the Congress is raising alarms, calling it a sign of the EC being ‘a puppet of the BJP’. This isn’t just a fight over symbols; it’s a battle for legitimacy, identity, and voter trust. For students preparing for polity or current affairs, here’s what’s critical: the EC’s power under Paragraph 15 of the 1968 Symbols Order, how factions are treated during splits, and why symbols matter more than you think; they’re voter recognition tools. This is political strategy in real-time.