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From balloon to kite, comb to brush and cake to ice cream, the Election Commission has everything to offer as symbols to candidates contesting the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.
In its list of free symbols to be allocated to the independent candidates, who are not affiliated to any political party, the Commission has offered 59 items that include animals, eatables, fruits, among others. "The main purpose to allot symbols to candidates contesting the elections is to make their identity simple so that even an illiterate voter can easily recognise them and vote accordingly," an Election Commission official said. "The pictorial memory of a person is very strong so he/she can easily distinguish