TMC name, symbol frozen: Mamata, Ritabrata factions submit new choices to ECI

The Election Commission has frozen the All India Trinamool Congress name and its ‘Flowers and Grass’ symbol, prompting the rival Mamata Banerjee and Ritabrata Banerjee factions to submit alternative choices by Friday’s 11 am deadline. The move comes ahead of October 6 bypolls in West Bengal, pending a final decision.