From microphone to pressure cooker, smaller parties wage war of symbols in TN

Despite the Rising Sun and Two Leaves the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 in Tamil Nadu revolves around many symbols as some heavyweights are contesting on an independent symbolFormer Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu O Pannerselvam will contest independently on an independent symbol from Ramanathapuram constituency MDMK Headquarters Secretary Durai Vaiko will face the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 on an independent symbol from Trichy ConstituencyLikewise Naam Thamizlar Katchi NTK which failed to get the Sugarcane farmer as its symbol is now contesting with the Microphone symbol in all constituencies of Tamil NaduNaam Thamilar Party coordinator Seeman says that the Microphone symbol gives them hope The NTK is contesting outside the principal alliances in the stateEven though we didnt get our sugarcane farmer symbol we are contesting with hope in the Mic symbol Many revolutionaries used this equipment to put forth their slogans NTK leader Seeman saidTTV Dhinakarans AMMK will contest the elections using the Pressure Cooker symbol The Pressure cooker is the lucky symbol on which he had won the RK Nagar bypoll after the death of former Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalitha amidst political drama in Tamil Nadu after former CM Jayalalithas demiseFor the candidates it is a question of proving their worth on an unrecognised symbol O Pannerselvam who was ousted from the AIADMK is out to prove that he still has the support of AIADMK cadres as he seeks victory in the Ramanathapuram constituencySymbol is a way of identifying with voters with their ideology With regards to DMK we have the Rising Sun which symbolises sun will drive away the darkness of ignorance darkness of oppression Every political party will ask for a symbol which signifies their ideology signifies the DNA of the party so that is why symbols are important says DMK spokesperson SaravananMeanwhile DMK ally Vaikos MDMK is looking to bolster its vote share to ensure it gets a recognized symbol for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 The ECI refused to allocate the Top symbol to MDMK saying the party is contesting only in one constituencyThe MDMK was under pressure from alliance bigbrother DMK to contest on the DMK Rising Sun symbol but Vaikos party felt it would be better to strike out on an independent symbolVaikos son Durai Vaiko had broken down in a public rally saying We are facing indirect pressure to contest the DMK symbol but that would affect our partys image Whatever it takes he would contest their partys independent symbolIn Tamil Nadus political history the symbol for the election is a prestigious issue When former CM and MDMK founder MG Ramachandran passed away the AIADMK split One faction was led by MGRs wife Janaki and the other by JayalalithaAt that time AIADMK two leaves symbol was frozen and Jayalalitha contested an independent symbol of Two Pigeons while Janakis faction was given the Seval Rooster as its symbolFor the voter a multitude of symbols could be confusing so it is really up to the individual leaders to woo their cadres to ensure that their symbol prevailsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever