EC Gives ‘Pressure Cooker’ Symbol to TTV Despite His ‘Hat’ Request

Dhinakaran, who filed his nomination earlier, will be contesting as an independent candidate in the RK Nagar bypoll.

File photo of TTV Dhinakaran.

(Photo: PTI)

• The Election Commission has allocated the ‘pressure cooker’ as a symbol to ousted leader of AIADMK TTV Dhinakaran, for him to contest in the upcoming RK Nagar bypoll.
• Dhinakaran who filed his nomination earlier will be contesting as an independent candidate in the bypoll which will be held on 21 December.
• The EC, by its 23 November order, had allotted the 'two leaves' symbol to the faction of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam and set aside its own interim order granting the 'hat' symbol to the Sasikala-Dhinakaran group.