The Hindu

MNM allotted ‘Battery Torch’ symbol

The Election Commission of India has allotted ‘Battery Torch’ symbol to Makkal Needhi Maiam, founded by actor Kamal Haasan, for the upcoming Lok Sabha 2024 elections. The party contested in the 2019 ...
NDTV

Tale Of Changing Shiv Sena Symbols Before It Got 'Bow And Arrow'

The 'flaming torch' (mashaal) and 'two swords and a shield' symbols allotted to the factions led by Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde by the Election Commission were once ...
The Free Press Journal

Shiv Sena had contested polls on various symbols including shield sword, railway engine, torch, sun and bat and ball

The Uddhav Thackeray-led faction on Monday got 'flaming torch' (mashaal) election symbol from the Election Commission rejecting the party's claim to the 'Trishul' citing religious connotation. The ...
Mena FN

Vijay's TVK Gets Whistle, Kamal Hassan's MNM Retains Battery Torch As Symbols For 2026 TN Polls Allocated

(MENAFN- IANS) Chennai, Jan 22 (IANS) With preparations for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections gaining momentum, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has allotted election symbols to two ...
The Free Press Journal

Now it's Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray vs Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena

Ahead of the Andheri East assembly by-election, the Uddhav Thackeray faction will now be known as Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray and its new party symbol will be marshal (flaming torch). On the ...
rediff.com

From 'bow and arrow' to 'mashaal': Shiv Sena's changing poll symbols

As the 'flaming torch' (mashaal) symbol turns over a new leaf for the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of Shiv Sena, it is not something new for the party as it had contested an election successfully ...