Tamil Nadu polls: Protests erupt across state as Dravidian majors feel heat of those who missed tickets
Millions of supporters, lakhs of cadre, thousands of functionaries, and several hundreds of leaders. all vying for a mere 234 seats in the Assembly.
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Millions of supporters, lakhs of cadre, thousands of functionaries, and several hundreds of leaders. all vying for a mere 234 seats in the Assembly.
Discontentment was widespread among aspirants cutting across party lines who failed to get a ticket for this elections.
In the Vellore region, cadre of both the Dravidian majors staged protests across Vaniyambadi, Ambur, KV Kuppam and Ranipet for their leaders being overlooked.
TN Assembly polls | AIADMK receives flak over ticket distribution
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In Chennai, a section of AIADMK workers staged their protest at the party headquarters.
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In Chennai, a section of AIADMK workers staged their protest at the party headquarters.
The AIADMK’s selection of candidates for the Assembly election and the distribution of certain constituencies to allies received adverse reaction publicly on Thursday from sections of members of the party.
In a chat with
The Hindu, former Minister Thoppu N.D. Venkatachalam, who was not fielded again in Perundurai, claimed that though he was not disappointed over the party’s decision not to re-nominate him, the candidate chosen in his place, he said, had “worked against” the party in the past.
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