Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched his party s campaign for the April 6 Lok Sabha bypoll here and exuded confidence that the party would not only win here, but the NDA in Tamil Nadu would emerge victorious in the Assembly elections also next month. Launching his Vetri Kodi Eandhi (Carrying the flag of victory) campaign from Suseendiram in this district, he said he was confident that a coalition government of the NDA will come to power in the state after the April 6 assembly polls. The party has fielded former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan for the Lok Sabha bypoll, necessitated due to the death of Congress MP H Vasantha Kumar last year due to COVID-19.
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Tamil Nadu Assembly Polls: Congress Gets 25 Seats From DMK, Its Lowest Tally In 4 Elections
The Congress had pitched for 30 seats but its ally DMK had firmly refused PTI G.C. Shekhar 2021-03-07T11:05:33+05:30 Tamil Nadu Assembly Polls: Congress Gets 25 Seats From DMK, Its Lowest Tally In 4 Elections outlookindia.com 2021-03-07T11:15:28+05:30
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The Congress will contest from 25 Assembly seats in Tamil Nadu as part of the DMK-led alliance. It will also contest the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat, which was held by its MP Vasantha Kumar, who died of Covid-19, last year.
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K. S. Alagiri reluctantly signed the agreement with the DMK, which had firmly refused Congress’s demand for at least 30 seats. “Yes, it is less than what we expected but the need of the hour is to prevent the BJP from gaining any foothold in Tamil Nadu or through its proxy the AIADMK. So, we agreed to this number,” expl
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BJP Nominates Ex Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan For Kanyakumari LS Bypoll
The bypoll became necessary after the death of MP H Vasantha Kumar due to Covid-19 in August last year PTI Photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-06T14:06:58+05:30 BJP Nominates Ex Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan For Kanyakumari LS Bypoll outlookindia.com 2021-03-06T15:35:40+05:30
For the April 6 bypoll elections to the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, the BJP has nominated senior party member and former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan as its candidate.
The bypoll is being conducted after the tragic demise of Congress MP H Vasantha Kumar in August 2020 due to Covid-19.
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Updated Mar 06, 2021 | 14:50 IST
The bypoll is being held due to the death of Congress MP H Vasantha Kumar last year in August due to Covid-19. Tamil Nadu BJP leader Pon Radhakrishnan. | Photo Credit: ANI
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Radhakrishnan had in 2014 won from the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat during the parliamentary polls and then got inducted into the first Narendra Modi-led NDA government as a Minister of State
The AIADMK has pledged full support to Radhakrishnan’s candidature
Chennai: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday declared that senior party leader and former Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan as the party candidate for the bypoll to the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu on April 6.
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