Sources have stated that history repeated for the AIADMK on Wednesday when the Election Commission froze the party's symbol while hearing a case between the Sasikala and O Panneerselvam camp. The EC observed that it was freezing the symbol as it was unable to finish reading the 20,000 pages of argument between the two sides staking a claim for the two leaves.
It was stated that the battle before the Election Commission went on for nine months. Elections were due in 1989 and the EC decided to freeze the symbol. The Jayalalitha faction got the 'cock' symbol while Janaki fought the polls with a 'pair of pigeons.'
The fight between the
two factions began in 1988 after the Tamil Nadu assembly was dissolved. The
police sealed the AIADMK headquarters on Lloyds Road in Chennai.
The elections that followed saw Jayalalitha winning 27 seats. Janaki's faction however managed just one seat. By February 1989, the two factions buried their differences and merged with each other. The EC then restored the two leaves to the AIADMK. Following this order elections were held at Madurai East and Marungapuri which the AIADMK won comfortably.
