Maharashtra State Election Commission’s decision to include the ‘Gas Cylinder’ in the list of free symbols for the upcoming local body polls has irked the Prakash Ambedkar – led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) which had contested Lok Sabha and assembly polls on the same symbol.

“Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi is a registered party. All the candidates of the party in 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha and assembly polls had contested the election on Gas Cylinder poll symbol. In the last few years, the state has not witnessed local body polls. Therefore, the Gas Cylinder symbol reserved by the Election Commission of India for the candidates of the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi should be reserved for the party candidates in the upcoming local body polls,” said the letter sent to the SEC by party general secretary, Priya

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