Salem: There was a delay of more than five hours in accepting the nomination of DMK candidate for the Salem Lok Sabha constituency T M Selvaganapathy .
Selvaganapathy, who served in the AIADMK government led by J Jayalalithaa between 1991 and 1996, had been convicted in April 2014 by a special Chennai court handling CBI cases.
The Madras High Court has set aside the conviction of former Rajya Sabha MP T M Selvaganapathy in the cremation shed scam.Justice G Jayachandran acquitted Selvaganapathy and set aside the sentence of.