Overview
- PMK founder S. Ramadoss has moved the Madras High Court to quash a July 30, 2025 ECI communication on the party’s symbol that was sent to his son’s Chennai address.
- The petition, listed for February 2 before Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G. Arul Murugan, seeks a fresh ECI communication to the founder’s T. Nagar office.
- Ramadoss alleges Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss used forged documents and unauthorized meetings to claim continued presidency after his third term ended on May 28, 2025.
- The plea cites the ECI’s July 31, 2025 decision to allot the ‘mango’ symbol for the Bihar polls and the forthcoming Tamil Nadu and Puducherry elections, noting the letter went to Tilak Street rather than Nattu Muthu Naiken Street.
- The petition references an ECI counsel statement to the Delhi High Court on December 14 that the symbol would be frozen during the 2026 elections, while asserting no fresh letter or formal freeze has followed.