EPS- OPS camp wins back 'two leaves symbol'

In huge setback to VK Sasikala and her faction within the AIADMK, the Election Commission on Thursday decided that the party's 'two leaves' symbol belongs to the united AIADMK faction led by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, sources say.

Hari Prabhakaran, the Joint Secretary of the AIADMK's IT wing, claimed his camp had won.

Earlier this month, both the warring factions of the All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) had submitted to the Election Commission their final arguments in writing laying their claim to the party's symbol.

Sasikala's camp, led by nephew TTV Dhinakaran, had argued that the present case of the AIADMK greatly differs from the Sadiq Ali case decided by the Supreme Court (Sadiq Ali vs Election Commission of India, November 1971), and which the rival faction has cited as the benchmark.