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April 22, 2019 10:58

Election holiday

For the participants in YS Jaganmohan Reddy's political campaign, achhe din has arrived. The staff has been given a paid holiday for a month. While the junior staff gets a paid holiday, some senior employees have been offered a holiday at a destination of their choice. Only a core team of about 20 people has been retained to continue working with Reddy on the final details. They have been promised 'good rewards' if the results are good.

Mode? What's that?

A report released by the Election Commission shows political parties in Tamil Nadu, especially the big two, are locked in some sort of a contest when it comes to committing the maximum number of violations of the model code of conduct. Of the total 4,690 violations reported in the state till April 19, around 1,450 cases were reported against the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam while 1,694 cases were reported against the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. The smaller parties in the state also tried their best with 1,546 cases against them during the period. Most of the violations reported related to defacement of property. Almost 1,368 cases were reported from the southern part of the state, including from Madurai, Theni, Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Thoothukudi and Kanniyakumari.

-- Business Standard

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