Mamata gets 'footballer', but can she win TMC 'khela'? Maharashtra shows a 'red card'

For 28 years, TMC has been Mamata Banerjee and Mamata Banerjee has been TMC in West Bengal; the two are almost synonymous with each other. And for voters, the political shorthand for Mamata Banerjee has been almost absurdly simple: two flowers on grass.Now, that shorthand has been taken away.The Election Commission on Friday allotted Mamata's faction a new name - 'Mamata All India Trinamool Congress', with a football player as its symbol. The rival Arup Roy faction will contest as 'Democratic Trinamool Congress', with an 'envelope' as its symbol. The decision follows the commission's September 17 order freezing the original All India Trinamool Congress name and its reserved 'flowers and grass' symbol for the upcoming bypolls.But the EC's interim arrangement is only the first chapter.