At a time when the arrest of YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has led to an outrage across the state, there was some good news for the party on Monday.

The Election Commission has granted “ceiling fan” as the common symbol for all the candidates of YSR Congress in the by-elections, including Bhumana Karunakara Reddy in Tirupati. Now, there is more clarity in the campaign of Jagan’s party and it can popularize the symbol all over the state.

There were doubts among the YSRCP candidates on whether they would get the common symbol or not, because the party was not yet recognized by the EC. However, the EC took into consideration the victories of Jagan, his mother Vijayalakshmi and Nallapureddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy in the earlier by-elections and granted the common symbol.

Meanwhile, Vijayamma has decided to launch the campaign from Macherla, where Jagan had his last election rally. The campaign programme would be chalked out by the governing council, sources said.