SC gives poll panel 3 months to decide on symbol dispute between TMC factions

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday asked Election Commission to decide the dispute between Mamata Banerjee-headed Trinamool Congress and the rival faction over the "two flower with grass symbol" within three months and gave four weeks to the opposing groups to complete their pleadings and submit evidence to stake claim over the symbol.Responding to Mamata's petition questioning the freezing of TMC's original symbol, senior advocate D Seshadri Naidu argued on EC's behalf that in past cases related to disputes over election symbols, the poll panel had taken between six and eight months to decide these matters and pleaded for six more months, citing ongoing preparations for forthcoming assembly elections in five states.For Mamata, who is seeking the quashing…