The Election Commission's method for settling such disputes became central in the seminal Congress split of 1969, when Indira Gandhi fought the old guard. The poll body weighed three tests then....
The arrest came after Mamata Banerjee announced at a press conference at her Kalighat residence on Friday that her faction would support the Congress candidate in Nandigram....
The group led by Arup Roy has been allotted the name "Democratic Trinamool Congress" and the "Envelope" symbol, while the faction led by Mamata Banerjee has been allotted the name "Mamata All India Trinamool Congress" and the "Football Player" symbol....
To place both the rival groups on an even keel and to protect their rights and interests, the poll body on Thursday, in an interim order, directed the competing groups not to use the party name and "Flowers and Grass symbol" during the Bengal bypolls....
Neither of the two factions, one led by former chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the other by Ritabrata Banerjee, can use AITC and 'flowers and grass' in the Nandigram and Rejinagar bypolls to be held on October 6....