PRP moves Supreme Court again
HYDERABAD: In a surprise move the Praja Rajyam Party again moved the Supreme Court over the common symbol issue. Party general secretary Allu Aravind filed a petition in the apex court on Thursday.
The party has moved the Supreme Court last month and withdrew the petition recently.
The party has been knocking the doors of the courts since two months to obtain a common symbol.
They appealed to the Election Commission of India in October last seeking a common symbol to the party. In the same month the ECI had informed the party that it was not possible to reserve a symbol for the party, which was not recognised as per the rules.
The PRP later moved the High Court on the decision of the ECI two months ago and sought an order for a reserved symbol. The High Court directed the ECI to reconsider its decision. The ECI had informed that the plea was not maintainable.
Dissatisfied with the ECI decision, the PRP again moved the Supreme Court and the High Court. However a day before the High Court was to pronounce its decision, the party withdrew the petitions in the Supreme Court and the High Court.
Again on Thursday, the party moved the Supreme Court challenging the propriety of the symbol allotment order of the ECI.
The recent decision of the PRP had surprised the legal experts and the party leaders as well. According to the legal experts the Supreme Court might not admit the petition, as it was not entertaining litigations on the matters like symbol allotment , which was prerogative of the ECI which was an independent constitutional body.
Even if the SC finds an extraordinary situation and admits the petition, the process would takes weeks to come to a conclusion.
If the SC does not comes out with a positive decision, the PRP would be left with the only option of contesting the election on different symbols or on symbol given on the basis of preference.
At the same time PRP is also talking of taking over a party which has a reserved symbol. If there is such a possibility, the question arising here is why is it knocking the doors of the courts time and again.
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