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Election Commission assigns new names and symbols to Trinamool Congress factions

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The Election Commission of India has assigned new party names and symbols to the rival factions of the Trinamool Congress, a decision characterized as undemocratic by Mamata Banerjee.

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The Election Commission has frozen the original Trinamool Congress party name and assigned new names and symbols to the competing factions. Mamata Banerjee's camp has been designated as 'Mamata All India Trinamool Congress' and granted the 'Football Player' symbol. Due to the disruption in the nomination process, Banerjee's camp has announced it will support the Congress party in upcoming contests in Nandigram and Assam.

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