MUMBAI: The Sharad Pawar-led NCP has approached the Election Commission of India, requesting it to remove the trumpet from the list of free symbols in the state. In a letter to the ECI on June 14, the party explained that the symbol had created confusion among voters in the recently held Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, as the Marathi name …
Tutari, a trumpet-like instrument allotted as a symbol to little-known independent candidates in various constituencies, has led to serious vote division. According to NCP state unit chief Jayant Patil, the symbol given by the Election Commission to many independent candidates created confusion among voters. In Satara, an independent candidate with tutari as a symbol garnered over 37,000 votes, possibly leading …
The Election Commission of India allotted a new election symbol — tutari vajavnara manus — to the Sharad Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party. Marathi movies produced since the 1950s and ’60s, for instance, liberally used the tutari to tell the story of Chhatrapati Shivaji and the history of Maratha conquests. In the last two decades, other political parties, …
With a few weeks to go before an announcement on Lok Sabha elections is made, the Nationalist Congress Party has chalked out an outreach programme to take its new election symbol, “man blowing turha” or tutari, to voters. The party will formally launch the symbol at Raigad Fort, capital of Maratha king Shivaji Maharaj, in the presence of all key …
February 23, 2024 07:23 am | Updated 09:24 pm IST - Mumbai The Election Commission has allotted the symbol of “man blowing turha” to the Sharad Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party. The Supreme Court had said on Monday that the interim order by the EC that allowed veteran leader Sharad Pawar to use ‘Nationalist Congress Party - Sharadchandra …
