The Election Commission has assigned separate names and symbols to rival Trinamool Congress factions ahead of the October 6 Bengal bypolls. Mamata Banerjee’s faction will use the Football Player symbol, while the Arup Roy-led group will contest with the Envelope symbol.
The rebel faction of the TMC led by Ritabrata Banerjee convened a special session in Kolkata and appointed Arup Roy as chairperson of what it called the “real” Trinamool Congress, marking a major organisational challenge to Mamata Banerjee’s leadership
