India / AIADMK releases list of 6 candidates for TN polls; CM to fight from Edappadi

The AIADMK has released its first list of six candidates for Tamil Nadu Assembly elections scheduled for April 6. Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami will contest in the upcoming polls from the Edappadi constituency in his home district of Salem. Deputy CM O Panneerselvam will fight the election from the Bodinayakanur constituency.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Mar 05, 2021, 07:47 PM
Chennai: The ruling AIADMK on Friday released list of six candidates for April 6 Assembly polls. EPS, OPS, TWO ministers and two MLAs including a woman Dalit MLA renominated to their sitting seats.

Lok Sabha MP Karti Chidambaram has proposed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's name for Kanyakumari LS byelection. Proposal form was submitted at TNCC office.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami to contest from  Edappadi constituency in his home district of Salem  and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam from Bodinayakanur in Theni district, his native place.

Senior leaders D Jayakumar (Fisheries Minister) and C Ve Shanmugam (Law Minister) have been fielded from Royapuram here and Villupuram in northern Tamil Nadu respectively.

MLAs, S P Shanmuganathan and S Thenmozhi would face the polls from Srivaigundam and Nilakottai (Reserved) segments.