The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a plea filed by Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh seeking allotment of a common election symbol for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections.

A single-judge bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna directed the poll body to file its reply by October 9 , when the matter will be heard next.

The court had earlier, in August, issued notice to the ECI on a similar plea by the party requesting permission to use a common election symbol. On Monday, the judge was informed that the ECI had rejected the party’s request citing internal disputes.

Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the alleged internal dispute is no longer relevant, as one Sameer Singh Chandel—who was earlier at the centre of the controversy—has sin

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