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"Congress" dropped from Mamata Banerjee's party logo, it's "Trinamool" now
23 Mar 2019
Mamata Banerjee's party will be known as Trinamool, henceforth, after the party dropped "Congress" from its logo.
The new logo of the party has "Trinamool" written in green with twin flowers and blue background. The party has been using this new symbol for a week now.
However, the party will remain registered as Trinamool Congress with the Election Commission of India.
Banerjee parted ways with Congress in 1998
Separation
TMC parted ways with the grand old party in 1998 and finally the last tinges of Congress have also been bid adieu.
Banerjee formed a new party as she was didn't approve of how Congress dealt with CPI(M), which was ruling the state back then.
After the 2014 general elections, TMC was declared a national party by the Election Commission.
Green and blue dominate new logo, little sign of saffron
Saffron
While blue and green are the prominent colors in the logo, it just has a speck of saffron. This shows that Banerjee didn't want her party to be associated with the color, widely used by BJP and other Hindutva outfits.
In the past, she has said saffron which saints used and the one which Sangh Pariwar dons aren't the same.
BJP claimed Banerjee doesn't "respect" national flag
Details
Citing that TMC and BJP's logos share the same color, Left parties alleged that both parties have "some kind of understanding".
But by not giving saffron much space in the new logo, Banerjee has shown she doesn't want anything to do with BJP.
Meanwhile, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh said TMC's new logo shows the party doesn't respect the national flag.
Banerjee seems to have distanced herself from Congress too
Distance
The new logo has already been updated on social media pages of TMC. Party leaders like Derek O'Brien and Abhishek Banerjee have also started using it.
Apart from BJP, Banerjee also wants to maintain distance from Congress, it seems.
Her decision before the crucial elections brings poor reputation to the grand old party which is hoping for resurrection with the help of allies.
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