Consider the following statements: 1. The Election Commission of India (ECI) is responsible for the allotment of symbols to the political parties. 2. In any electoral constituency across India, a candidate representing a National Party may be assigned an alternative symbol instead of the party symbol. Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? |ForumIAS

Q. Consider the following statements:
1.The Election Commission of India (ECI) is responsible for the allotment of symbols to the political parties.
2.In any electoral constituency across India, a candidate representing a National Party may be assigned an alternative symbol instead of the party symbol.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

[A] 1 only

[B] 2 only

[C] Both 1 and 2

[D] Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: A

Notes:

Explanation –

Statement 1 is correct. The Election Commission of India (ECI) is responsible for the allotment of symbols to political parties. The ECI assigns symbols to both recognized national and state parties as well as registered but unrecognized parties.

Statement 2 is incorrect. In any electoral constituency across India, a candidate representing a National Party is typically assigned the party symbol. A candidate fielded by a National Party in any election constituency across India must select and will be assigned the symbol exclusively reserved for that party, without any alternative symbol allocation.

Source: The Times of India

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