TN Assembly polls: Former Mahila Cong chief alleges money power only criteria for candidate selection ANI | Updated: Mar 12, 2021 11:37 IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], March 12 (ANI): The former president of Tamil Nadu Mahila Congress (TMNC), ASP Jansi Rani, alleged that money power is the only criteria to be a Congress candidate.
Jansi Rani made the allegation after she did not get a ticket to contest the Assembly election from the Nilakottai constituency.
In a string of tweets, the former TMNC chief, who is the granddaughter of seven-time Congress MLA AS Ponnammal, targeted the party. I have been an Indian National Congress loyalist all along and belong to a traditional Congress family. My grandmother AS Ponnammal was elected as MLA seven times, of which five times was from Nilakottai. Yet the TNCC did not deem it fit to field me in the same constituency where I have worked for the last seven years. said Jansi Rani in a tweet.
Money only criteria to secure party s berth: TN Mahila Cong leader
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Chennai, March 12 : The former chief of the Tamil Nadu Mahila Congress (TNMC), A.S.P. Jansi Rani has alleged that money power is the only criteria in the state Congress to secure a berth in the party.
In a series of tweets, the senior TNMC leader alleged that due to financial constraints, she was denied the Nilakottai seat which was represented by her grandmother A.S. Ponnammal seven times.
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