India, Sept. 13 -- The Commission decides such cases on documented evidence of organisational control, membership records and the support of elected MPs and MLAs.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday held separate hearings with the two warring factions of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) - one led by Mamata Banerjee, the other by Ritabrata Banerjee - as the battle over the party's name, twinflower symbol and organisational funds intensified just weeks before by-elections to the Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly seats. Commission sources indicated, with the nomination deadline of September 16 leaving little room for a final adjudication, the poll panel may choose to freeze the symbol for the time being and direct both camps to co...