The AMMK will contest two seats in the DMK-ruled southern state, as part of a seat-sharing deal with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA)…reports Asian Lite News
Former Telangana and Puducherry Governor and BJP candidate from South Chennai Tamilisai Soundararajan filed her candidature for the Lok Sabha elections and said that she resigned from the governor’s post because she wanted to “work directly for the people of the state.”
“The people want PM Modi to be Prime Minister again. South Chennai is a constituency with very responsible people and they’re longing for a good parliamentarian. The present MP is not very approachable. I will be very approachable. When I was in a constitutional post, I also used to interact with people. I resigned from the governor’s post because I want to work directly for the people,” Soundararajan told ANI on Monday.
Meanwhile, DMK candidate Tamilachi Thangapandiyan and AIADMK candidate J Jayavardhan also filed nominations for South Chennai.
“The ground for DMK is so hopeful for us and we are already victorious. We are facing the people with the achievements done by the Dravidian model government. We are confident for thumbs up victory,” DMK candidate Thangapandiyan said.
AIADMK candidate J Jayavardhan said that it is a fight between DMK and AIADMK.
Vinoj P Selvam, the BJP Central Chennai candidate also filed his nomination and said that they will meet people and spread awareness about the party campaign “Modi’s Guarantee.”
“We will meet people and talk about Modi’s guarantee in our campaign. People are fed up with DMK lies in every election. DMK MPs were nowhere after the election and now they come again in election time. People will reply to them in this election. “The petrol and diesel rate is high in Tamil Nadu compared to nearby states like Puducherry, Karnataka,” he said.
“People are aware of Dravidian parties and they are fed up of both Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu and people are ready to cast their vote for the NDA this time. Crores of rupees been alloted by the central government like smart City but it’s not used well. There is no governance done by DMK and they are a failure in it,” he added.
The AMMK will contest two seats in the DMK-ruled southern state, as part of a seat-sharing deal with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Apart from the AMMK, the NDA also entered into a seat-sharing agreement with the Ambumani Ramadoss-led Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), going into the Lok Sabha polls.
Voting for all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu will be held in the first phase of the general elections on April 19.
In the 2019 general elections, the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, comprising the Congress, VCK, MDMK, CPI, CPI(M), IUML, MMK, KMDK, TVK, and AIFB, registered a landslide victory, winning 38 of the 39 seats in the state.
In 2019, DMK won 23 Lok Sabha seats with a 33.2 per cent vote share, Congress bagged 8 seats with a 12.9 per cent vote and CPI won two seats in Tamil Nadu.
The election for 543 Lok Sabha seats in the country will be held in seven phases starting April 19. The counting of the votes will take place on June 4. (ANI)
BJP, AIADMK workers clash in Nilgiris
Police resorted to using mild force here as a clash erupted between BJP and AIADMK supporters on Monday outside the Ooty district collector’s office during the filing of nominations of their candidates for the Nilgiris Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu.
The two candidates reached the collector’s office almost at the same time.
Supporters of the AIADMK candidate raised slogans and held a protest. With the workers of two parties gathered near the place, there was some pushing and shoving, and the police restored to use of mild force, in which a few BJP workers were injured.
AIADMK supporters accused the police of not providing adequate protection and protested on the Gudalur-Ooty National Highway. The protests led to severe traffic snarls, with weekend travellers, who were returning from Ooty, getting stuck.
BJP state chief K. Annamalai, along with party workers, held protest against the alleged assault of two BJP workers by the police. He, along with Union Minister and BJP candidate from Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency L Murugan, visited Ooty Government Hospital to meet the injured party workers. He filed his nomination papers from the seat.
AIADMK has fielded D Lokesh Tamilselvan from the seat. Annamalai told reporters that he will file a complaint with Chief Electoral Officer against police officials who “caned BJP members”.
BJP and AIADMK, erstwhile allies, are contesting the polls separately. Tamil Nadu will go the polls in a single phase on April 19 for all its 39 Lok Sabha seats. (ANI)
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