The Election Commission today decided that AIADMK's 'two leaves' symbol belongs to the united AIADMK faction led by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami. It was a major setback to the faction led by jailed VK Sasikala and her nephew TTV Dhinakaaran. The Election Commission's order comes within a week of an earlier one in a similar tussle between two factions over Janata Dal (United)'s [JD(U)] election symbol. After several rounds of hearings, the Election Commission finally decided in favour of the Nitish Kumar's camp on November 17. But this also led the two factions to move the Election Commission to stake claim over the party symbol of two leaves.

Source: India Today November 23, 2017 17:59 UTC