PANJIM: Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shantaram Naik has objected to the logo
of the 8th BRICS Summit, which resembles a lotus, the election symbol of the
BJP, alleging that the logo has been selected in view of the Assembly elections
due next year in five States including Goa.
Naik, on Wednesday, petitioned the Election Commission of India (ECI)
demanding that it should take steps to freeze the lotus symbol as BJP has
misused the symbol, against the spirit of the Symbol Order of 1968, which
regulates the allotment of symbols.
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The Congress leader has urged ECI to request the BRICS authorities to
change the lotus as the logo, in the interest of fair and free elections.
“It is highly improper on the part of the relevant BRICS Committee, to
select the election symbol of a member country, India, when it is well known
that it is lotus, and that, elections of the State Assembly of Goa are due to
be held in the month of February 2017 along with elections to State Assemblies
of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Manipur,” Naik told media persons.
The MP alleged that the BJP has played a major role, clandestinely, in
getting the logo selected. The BRICS Summit is scheduled to be held on October
15 and 16.
