Chiranjeevi HYDERABAD: In a surprise development, the Praja Rajyam led by actor Chiranjeevi withdrew a case it had filed in the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking a common symbol for its candidates for the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections.
Vedula Venkata Ramana, counsel for the petitioner, informed a Bench, comprising Justice B. Prakasha Rao and Justice Bhavani Prasad, on Tuesday that his client had asked not to press the writ petition.
The Praja Rajyam had challenged the constitutional validity of the rules stipulating that only those political parties, which had contested a general election and got six per cent of the votes polled and, in addition, won at least two Assembly seats, would be eligible for allotment of an exclusive common symbol in the next elections.
The Election Commission had rejected the PR’s application seeking allotment of a common symbol for its candidates.
Following this, the party approached the High Court which sent the matter back to the EC asking to reconsider the issue.
As the Commission rejected the plea, the party filed the present writ petition.
Any party can get itself registered and its candidates be allotted a symbol from among the free symbols available.
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