Supreme Court refused to entertain a petition of the BRS to prevent the allocation of “car” like symbols to other parties. In the previous election, symbols similar to cars received thousands of votes, which seemingly impacted the prospects of BRS candidates in some constituencies.
The bench, led by Justice Abhay S. Oka, asserted that voters are sufficiently informed to distinguish between a car and a roti maker, implying that there is no need to restrict or regulate these symbols.
This judgment will have an implication for the Janasena Party as well.
Someone registered a party called Jatiya Janasena Party and chose the bucket symbol that resembles Janasena’s glass tumbler. The Election Commission of India allowed Janasena to use the Glass Tumbler symbol in 32 constituencies of Telangana (as requested by the party). It has allocated a Bucket symbol for the Jatiya Janasena Party in all the 119 constituencies.
Bucket Symbol and the party name are very similar to that of Janasena’s and in all likelihood, there is a good chance of voters getting confused.
This impact is not so much in Telangana since Janasena has very little stakes there but if the same party with the same symbol contests in Andhra Pradesh too, it will have a big impact on the prospects of Janasena.
Since TDP and Janasena are in alliance, it can even impact the prospects of the entire Opposition.
If Janasena does not get respite like BRS, it will be big trouble.
