Rajewal-led morcha seeks ‘tractor’ symbol

Chandigarh, January 24

The Sanyukt Samaj Morcha has approached the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, requesting the allotment of a common ‘tractor’ symbol for its candidates.

This comes days after the Election Commission of India made certain objections to the application filed by the morcha on January 7 for registration as a political party. Though the morcha had amended its application and re-submitted it to the commission on January 17, they are yet to hear on the date of their application.

The morcha has already fielded 98 candidates, including the 10 candidates fielded by the Sanyukt Sangharsh Party of Gurnam Singh Charuni.

Prem Singh Bhango, parliamentary board member of the morcha told The Tribune, the morcha had also filed an application before the EC on January 12, demanding that an election symbol be allotted to them.

“Since we have not heard anything from the commission, we approached the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, here today and requested him to treat our candidates as Independent, but allot a common election symbol of ‘tractor’. We requested him to ask all deputy commissioners to allot common symbols to our candidates. He assured us that he would look into the matter,” said Bhango.