The Delhi High Court has allowed Shiromani Akali Dal to withdraw its petition relating to allotment of election symbol ‘bucket’ and make a fresh representation before the Election Commission of India.
A Bench of Justice Sudershan Misra allowed SAD and its Delhi unit president Manjit Singh GK to withdraw the petition challenging the allotment of election symbol ‘bucket’ to Progressive Party and “to make a representation before ECI in respect of all their grievances”. SAD had in the petition said it had contested the recent Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee election on the symbol ‘bucket’ and ECI’s October 18 Notification-cum-Symbol Order granting the symbol to some other party is going to create a great confusion in the minds of Sikh voters. SAD’s counsel Abinash Mishra said he would withdraw the petition and make a fresh representation before ECI with all the legal issues including the manner in which common symbols are introduced for states and union territories and invitation of comments from registered political parties before introducing any fresh election symbol.