00:00Top political news coming in is from the Trinamool Congress.
00:02Our eyes on the key EC decision on the TMC symbol.
00:06Who is or what is the real Trinamool Congress?
00:09The rebel faction of the TMC led by LOP Ritabra Danaji
00:12has reached the Election Commission of India
00:14and the ECI basically, just to give you a quick background and context,
00:18had called both factions of the TMC
00:21Next, Mamata came to hold the meeting with the ECI.
00:24So this is going to possibly get into a discussion, debate, deliberation
00:28and eventually a decision about which faction is the real TMC.
00:33I'm joined now by Aishwarya Palewal for the latest on that.
00:37But Aishwarya, tell me this.
00:38The faction that turned into rebels, especially the members of parliament,
00:42became and merged with the NCPI.
00:44How are we looking at how this issue will be resolved?
00:48Well, you know, we have seen how there are multiple factions within the TMC.
00:52There is one faction, in fact, which broke away and which became the NCPI.
00:56But apart from that, there are others who, in fact, are wanting to contest elections on the TMC symbol.
01:02This is something that the Mamata Banerjee faction has been against.
01:05And they have written multiple letters, both to the Supreme Court
01:08and also to the Election Commission of India.
01:10With regards to that, a very crucial meeting at the moment,
01:13as we speak, Pooja, let me tell you,
01:14is taking place inside the Election Commission of India.
01:17From what we understand, there is a high possibility that the TMC symbol,
01:20the two flowers and the two petals that actually could be frozen by the Election Commission.
01:25And after that, we could see Election Commission giving a list of the available symbols.
01:30And then we will see the Election Commission giving both the factions an option to choose from the given symbols.
01:36Because can we tell you, by-elections are just around the corner.
01:38And both the factions, in fact, have rolled out candidates for this by-election.
01:45And both, very interestingly, are fighting on the old TMC symbol.
01:49So, this needs clarification.
01:50And that clarification will come in from the Election Commission of India.
01:53But clearly, it's a survival moment as much for the Trinamul Congress.
01:56We'll be tracking all that and more.
01:58Shwarya, thank you for the updates here.
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