New Delhi, Nov 19: The Delhi High Court asked the Election Commission to consider if it was possible to allot an exclusive symbol to all the candidates fielded by Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party for Delhi assembly polls. Justice B D Ahmed directed Election Commission's counsel Pankaj Rai Chopra to take instructions from the commission in this regard and inform the court by tommorrow.

The direction came on a petition by Panthers Party's Delhi unit president Sanjoy Sachdev seeking quashing of the commission's November 17 order allotting 'bicycle' symbol to the candidates of Panthers Party and Samajwadi Party in 7 and 29 constituencies respectively.

Panthers Party president Prof. Bhim singh requested the court to order the Election Commission to allot an exclusive symbol to all his candidates for assembly polls here. Bureau Report