HYDERABAD: Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party has lost its common symbol “glass tumbler” allotted to it in November/December-2020 GHMC elections, for failing to contest at least 10 percent of the total 150 wards in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.
Though the Jana Sena president in a letter to the election commission explained that due to their alliance with the BJP, Jana Sena withdrew from the GHMC poll contest to avoid a vote split. Now, the party has decided to contest Greater Warangal and Khammam municipal corporation elections. The Jana Sena chief urged the election commission to continue the party’s common symbol.
However, the election commission which considered the representation of Jana Sena, stated it did not find its explanation satisfactory as the fact that the defence given by the jana Sena party is in violation of the Symbols Order, 2018. As a result, Jana Sena has lost its common symbol glass tumbler, forfeited its deposit amount. What more, it can apply for common symbol on local body polls up to five years i.e. November 18, 2025.
Four other parties allotted common symbols in GHMc elections lost their common symbols. They include India Praja Bandhu party (Trumpet), Hindustan Janata Party (coconut farm), Marxist Communist Party of India (gas cylinder) and Indian Praja Congress (whistle), as all these parties failed to contest 10 per cent of the total 150 wards in GHMC.