All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) candidate from the Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) faction, KS Thennarasu on Tuesday filed his nomination for the Erode East by-election.
The opposition AIADMK candidate K S Thennarasu filed his nomination papers for the Erode East Assembly bypoll on the last day for filing of nominations today after the O Panneerselvam faction opted out of the race.
Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) faction of the AIADMK on Saturday circulated forms to gather support for its candidate among the General Council members for the upcoming Erode East bypoll.
Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party state president on Saturday said that his party has requested O Panneerselvam to support Edappadi Palaniswami s candidate in the upcoming Erode (East) bypoll in Tamil Nadu.