Of symbols & victories
The Hindu
Familiarity won’t matter for ever
The results of this election have again thrown up the question on the significance of the symbol. In the run-up to the election, the seat-sharing talks in the DMK camp were held up over one count: what should be the symbol for the smaller allies to contest on. The DMK insisted that the smaller parties contest on its ‘rising sun’ symbol because it was popular. While the MDMK, the Manithaneya Makkal Katchi and a few other parties relented, the VCK and the IUML were firm on contesting on their own symbols. In the AIADMK camp, the Tamil Maanila Congress and a few smaller parties agreed to contest on the ‘two leaves’ symbol.
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