The Supreme Court's order came in response to a petition by Bengal's former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who challenged the Election Commission's decision to freeze the party symbol.

Kunal Ghosh said that masked men chased his car when he was going to attend a political program in his constituency.

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said the deletions were carried out by judicial officers pursuant to directions of the Supreme Court in a case filed by Mamata Banerjee herself.

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In 2021, Muslim voters were the strongest pillar of the Trinamool Congress. CSDS-Lokniti put the community's support for the party at 75 per cent, up from 70 per cent in 2019 and 51 per cent in 2016.

The video showed Kunal Ghosh sitting in the car while the mob banged at the car, threw eggs and stones, while raising "Kunal Ghosh go back" slogans.

The Election Commission has frozen the Trinamool Congress's name and symbol after the party broke into two factions

The Mamata Banerjee-led faction of Trinamool on Friday got the name 'Mamata All India Trinamool Congress' and the 'football player' symbol ahead of the October 6 bypolls in Bengal.

On January 1, 1998, the Trinamool Congress was founded in opposition to the Congress because, according to Mamata Banerjee at the time, the party could not fight the Left alliance. 28 years later, she finds herself in an existential crisis.

Earlier on Friday, Nandigram candidate from Mamata Banerjee's faction Sanchita Pradhan Dey withdrew her nomination after meeting Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi termed the candidate's arrest an act of "political revenge" and accused the BJP of trying to eliminate the electoral contest.

The EC's interim order of September 17 told both factions to choose different names and symbols for the bypolls being held on October 6.

Mamata Banerjee drew the Trinamool Congress symbol herself.

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.

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool faction announced Sanchita Pradhan Dey's name on Sunday; on Thursday, she met Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, and on Friday, she withdrew from the contest.

Sources said the candidate, Sanchita Pradhan Dey, met Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday.

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.

Throwing his weight behind the embattled Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee, the Leader of Opposition said that it's not her fight alone.

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.

Reports suggest Mamata Banerjee had dialled Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal with an alliance proposal but didn't hear back from him.

The Trinamool Congress' choice of a low-profile candidate is surprising given the emotional and political significance of Nandigram for Mamata Banerjee