Categorization of Janasena Party as Recognised State Party in the State of Andhra Pradesh with ‘Glass Tumbler’ as reserved symbol for allotment to the candidates set up by the party in elections to local bodies held on party basis – Orders - Issued

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PART VII EXTRAORDINARY

No.6 AMARAVATI, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2025 G.836 NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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A.P. STATE ELECTION COMMISSION 1st Floor, New HODs Building, M.G. Road, Vijayawada-520010

ORDER

No. 13/SEC-L/2025 Date: 28.01.2025

Sub: APSEC – Political Parties – Janasena Party – Orders of the ECI recognizing Janasena Party as a State Party in Andhra Pradesh with 'Glass Tumbler' as reserved symbol – Categorization of Janasena Party as Recognised State Party in the State of Andhra Pradesh with 'Glass Tumbler' as reserved symbol for allotment to the candidates set up by the party in elections to local bodies held on party basis – Orders - Issued.

Read: 1. APSEC Order No. 1914/SEC-L/2014, dt.18.04.2016. 2. APSEC Order No. 195/SEC-L/2019, dt.10.07.2019. 3. ECI Lr. No. 56/Review/2024/PPS-II, dt.10.01.2025 addressed to the President, Janasena Party.

4. General Secretary, Janasena Party Letter dt.28.01.2025 addressed to the State Election Commissioner, AP.

***In the reference 1st read above, the Janasena Party was registered as a political party without a reserved symbol with the A.P. State Election Commission (APSEC) under the provisions of the Registration of Political Parties & Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001 (Symbols Order, 2001) issued by the APSEC. [1]

2 ANDHRA PRADESH GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

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In the reference 2nd read above, the Janasena Party was categorized as a registered political party with 'Glass Tumbler' as its reserved symbol for allotment to the candidates set up by the party in the local body elections held on party basis after fulfillment of criteria stipulated under Para 5A(b-1) of the Symbols Order, 2001.

In the reference 3rd read above, the Election Commission of India granted recognition to the Janasena Party as a State Party in the State of Andhra Pradesh under the provisions of the Election Symbols (Reservation & Allotment) Order, 1968 on the basis of review of poll performance of the party in the General Elections to the Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh, 2024.

In the reference 4th read above, the General Secretary, Janasena Party, while enclosing a copy of the said ECI's letter 3rd read above, requested the A.P. State Election Commission to take further action as per the ECI's order.

Under Article 243-K read with Article 243-ZA of the Constitution of India, Para 2(6) of the Registration of Political Parties & Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001, the Janasena Party shall be categorized as a 'Recognised State Party in the State of Andhra Pradesh' and under Para 6(2) of the said Symbols Order, 2001, the candidates set up by the Janasena Party in the elections to local bodies held on party basis shall be allotted the symbol 'Glass Tumbler' reserved for that party by the Election Commission of India.

Vijayawada NILAM SAWHNEY 28.01.2025 STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER

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