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Hans India
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
BRS' car steers into trouble, again; SEC urged to junk look-alike symbols
Hyderabad: BRS leaders on Tuesday urged the State Election Commission to not to allow symbols such as 'Chapati Roller', camera and ship, which are identical to the party's car symbol in the ensuing local body elections. The party leaders said that the identical symbols dented the prospects of candidates of the party in 2023 Assembly elections. The BRS leaders pointed out that rectangular body of the camera further mimics the basic shape of the car's front fascia and the flash bulge in front resembles the windshield or roof structure of a vehicle. Especially for voters who rely more on form recognition than object differentiation such as the elderly, rural, or visually impaired, the Camera symbol has been misidentified as a stylized or minimal version of a car. Further in case of the Chapati Roller, in the absence of detailed contours or contextual cues, this configuration was easily mistaken for a simplified car drawing, particularly one rendered from the frontal view. BRS senior leader B Vinod Kumar said that the ambiguity increases when one considers that a large segment of the electorate may not recognize a Chapati roller as a domestic utensil, but may instead project onto it their familiarity with wheeled objects like cars or carts. In case of the ship, the portholes could be easily misread as headlights, while the central structure might be confused with a car's bonnet and windshield. The BRS leader said that the opponents of BRS had taken advantage of such identical symbols, which were available in the list of free symbols to confuse the voters in choosing and recognizing the BRS' car symbol on the ballot papers. Often, the candidates who have contested elections on these identical symbols got votes more than the recognized national political parties. A look at these symbols with the size in which they are displayed on ballot papers / EVM machines clearly show the identicalness of these free symbols to the 'car', the symbol of the BRS party. Thus, it can be clearly understood as to how candidates had been cutting into TRS votes in the past and damaging the prospects of the TRS party candidates in the elections. In this way, thousands of votes of TRS are diverted to such candidates, who were, obviously, motivated by our politically opposing parties, he said. The BRS leaders said that identical symbols have the potential in causing confusion among the voters of the BRS and divert the votes to the so-called candidates of unrecognized parties, including Independents. Because the size of the above symbols shown on the EVM were too small, it becomes very difficult for illiterate and aged voters, particularly from rural background, to identify the difference between these symbols and the car symbol.
NDTV
15-07-2025
- Politics
- NDTV
BRS Urges Poll Body To Delete Certain Symbols Resembling Party's "Car"
Hyderabad: BRS Leaders Boinipally Vinod Kumar and Soma Bharat Kumar met the State Election Commissioner on Tuesday seeking deletion of certain identical symbols from the list of free symbols as they are similar, identical and look alike to the Election Symbol of 'Car' of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi. They submitted a request to remove symbols resembling the BRS party's "Car" symbol from the list of free symbols for local elections. The leaders explained the damage caused to BRS in the 2023 assembly elections by symbols resembling the car, such as the "Chapati Roller," "Camera," and "Ship." In a letter to the State Election Commissioner, the BRS stated, "We, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), a recognised state Political Party in Telangana, submit this representation regarding the misuse of identical symbols during Elections. Our party has been represented by the symbol 'CAR' for more than the last two decades and has successfully formed the Government in the State of Telangana twice since its formation on June 2, 2014. Over time, our party has earned the confidence and affection of the people through fulfilling promises made to the voters." "The present Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party was initially a Registered Party with Election Commission of India (ECI) as Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). However, since the General Body of Telangana Rashtra Samithi party decided to change its name as Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), we accordingly appealed to the ECI to change Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) as Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in its records," the letter stated. The letter stated that the change of name was initiated by the Party because it intended to go National by contesting elections across the country. "The BRS Party has been successful in fulfilling the promises made to the voters of the State and thus earned the confidence and affection of the people and voters of the State. Unfortunately, this situation made it possible for our opponents to employ dubious methods to damage our prospects in the Elections. In this process, the opponents of our party have taken advantage of such identical symbols, which are available in the list of free symbols, to confuse the voters in choosing and recognising the BRS Symbol Car on the Ballot Papers," the BRS said in its letter. "In view of the facts, circumstances and reasoning explained above and in lieu of the damage caused to the BRS Party, we earnestly pray your authority to immediately delete the above identical symbols to 'CAR' from the List of Free Symbols in-order to prevent using them in the upcoming Ordinary Elections to the MPTC/ZPTC Elections to be held in Telangana and other elections to State Legislatures and Parliament to be conducted throughout the country," BRS added in the letter.
