AIADMK announces candidates for Oct 21 Assembly by-polls

September 25, 2019 15:32

The AIADMK on Wednesday announced its nominees for the October 21 Assembly bypolls to two seats in Tamil Nadu, which could well be a battle of pride for the ruling party.

AIADMK Coordinator O Pannneerselvam and Joint Coordinator K Palaniswami announced the candidature of M R Muthamilselvan and V Narayanan for Vikravandi and Nanguneri constituencies, respectively.

The top AIADMK leaders also announced the appointment of functionaries from its other district units for the two constiuencies as in-charge They said in a statement that a number of senior party functionaries including ministers will be joining the poll related work in the respective constituencies.

The bypoll comes close on the heels of the April 18 Lok Sabha elections which the DMK and its allies swept, winning 37 of the 38 seats in the hustings then. -- PTI

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