Aug. 8 :     A day after an impressive show of strength in Bangalore, the re-united Janata parivar was thrown into confusion today following the allotment of names and symbols by the Election Commission. Granting the two Dal factions ad hoc national status, the commission has renamed the Sharad Yadav faction Janata Dal (United) and the H.D. Deve Gowda faction Janata Dal (Secular). The commission has also allotted an ?arrow? symbol to the Yadav faction and ?a kisaan driving a cart? symbol to the Gowda group. The commission?s move has sparked angry reactions in Karnataka. The J.H. Patel camp and the Lok Shakti are furious over the renaming of the Gowda faction with a ?secular? suffix. The leaders plan to take the issue to Supreme Court. As several Lok Shakti leaders and ministers in the Patel Cabinet huddled together in the chief minister?s residence late this evening, one of them asked: ?How can the commission give a secular certificate to one party? Does it mean all others are communal?? The Janata parivar is also unhappy with the arrow symbol, which was allocated after its request for either a ?cart? or a ?book? was rejected. Lok Shakti president Ramakrishna Hegde and chief minister J.H. Patel are rushing to Delhi tomorrow to confer with Samata Party chief George Fernandes and decide on the future course of action. The rank and file of Lok Shakti are most disgruntled with the new name and symbol. Over 300 party workers led by state chief Jeevaraj Alva shouted slogans in front of Hegde?s house, demanding that the party retain its identity. Hegde was forced to come out of his house and pacify them. Explaining the antagonism, a senior Lok Shakti leader said: ?The Janata Dal name is anathema to us. It is very difficult to propagate a new name and symbol with the elections less than a month away. If the Patel group is not ready to contest under our symbol, we will go ahead and have an alliance with the BJP.? This morning, leaders of both parties met and decided to approach the commission to recognise them under a new name. They suggested Jana Shakti and Janatasamata Shakti as alternative names and decided to seek the symbol of an eye or a cart or a book. But the poll panel apparently refused to register any new name and asked the rival factions to suggest a suffix for Janata Dal. Yesterday, the commission had frozen the Dal?s chakra symbol after hearing out the two sides, both of whom claimed majority support within the party. Both factions, however, had expected the symbol to be frozen since the poll panel does not have the time to authenticate their claims before the elections. Reacting to the commission?s decision, Samata Party leader Nitish Kumar said his party, along with Lok Shakti and the Janata Dal (United), will contest on a common symbol. Sharad Yadav is confident his party?s entry into the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will shore up its dwindling fortunes. Yadav is hoping to reclaim part of the ground lost to Laloo Yadav in the last polls in Bihar. Ram Vilas Paswan was then the only Dal leader from Bihar who made it to the Lok Sabha. After today?s developments, there was an air of triumph in the Gowda camp, which is keeping its doors open for more deserters from the Patel faction after the defection of former union minister S.R. Bommai?s son Basavaraj Bommai. There was unconcealed glee in the BJP state unit as well, which has been consistently opposing the admission of the Patel group into the National Democratic Alliance. BJP general secretary Venkaiah Naidu said his party would wait and watch the emerging scenario. ?We are committed to our alliance with the Lok Shakti and will begin talks on seat-sharing for both Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the next few days,? he said. The Dal split leaves Andhra Dal MP Jaipal Reddy in a lurch. Last time, Reddy had romped home with the Telugu Desam?s support. Now the Desam is on the other side and Reddy, if he wants to contest, would have to seek Congress? support. The problem, insiders say, is that the Congress wants Reddy to join the party ? a proposal he is not too keen to accept. Srikant Jena, former Dal MP from Orissa who is now in the Gowda camp, is toying with the idea of hitching up with the Congress. Jena, who has almost been pushed to political extinction, is hoping to stage a return with Congress backing. The Congress in Karnataka received a boost today as two former Janata Dal MPs, Ambareesh and Siddaraju, joined the party. Announcing their admission in New Delhi, party general secretary Ghulam Nabi Azad said the Congress had ?gained? two seats before the polls. Ambareesh, a popular film actor, is expected to contest for the Lok Sabha from Mandya, while Siddaraju may be fielded from Chamarajnagar which he represented in the last elections.