Makkal Needhi Maiam declares 70 candidates
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Kamal prolongs suspense over his seat
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Kamal prolongs suspense over his seat
Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan on Wednesday released a list of 70 candidates who will contest in the Assembly election on the party’s ‘Battery Torch’ symbol.
While Mr. Haasan prolonged the suspense over the constituency from where he would seek election, he said the party’s star candidates vice-president V. Ponraj, former IAS officer Santhosh Babu, lyricist Snehan and 25-year-old environmental activist Padmapriya will contest from Anna Nagar, Villivakkam, Virugambakkam and Maduravoyal.
The party also fielded Muslim candidates in R.K. Nagar, Hosur, Pennagaram, Namakkal, Aravakurichi, Kunnam and Nagapattinam.
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Makkal Needhi Maiam gets back ‘Battery Torch’
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Senior members of party express relief over EC move
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Senior members of party express relief over EC move
Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan on Friday said the Election Commission had re-allotted the ‘Battery Torch’ symbol to the party.
The party had contested the Lok Sabha poll on the ‘Battery Torch’ symbol but was denied the same for the upcoming Assembly election. It approached the Madras High Court seeking its intervention in the matter.
In a short video message posted on his social media pages, Mr. Haasan said: “In 234 Assembly constituencies, Makkal Needhi Maiam has been allotted the ‘Battery Torch’ symbol.”
Hassan, in his official twitter handle, posted a video, announcing that the torch light symbol has been allotted to his party in all the 234 constituencies.