EC to hear plea of cancellation of Congress party symbol

New Delhi, April 13: Less than a month before Karnataka goes to polls, the Election Commission (EC) will on April 18 hear a plea regarding the cancellation of the Congress party's election symbol -- palm, a BJP leader said on Thursday.

Ashwini Upadhyay, who had petitioned the EC in this regard, tweeted the information, saying "... the election symbol had been illegally allotted to the Indian National Congress".

"As per law and the Model Code of Conduct, part of body can't be an election symbol and also a person can't enter in a polling booth with any election symbol," said Upadhyay, also a Supreme Court lawyer.

Polling is scheduled for May 12 in Karnataka which is likely to see a tough contest between the Congress that is trying to retain power in the crucial state and its main political rival the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).