Brisk polling in many parts of western Tamil Nadu
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April 06, 2021 10:43 IST
Voters, with nil covid-19 compliance, were seen standing in long serpentine queues outside polling stations in many parts of the eight revenue districts in the region.
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A voter wears gloves prior to casting her vote at a polling station in Palladam Assembly constituency in Tiruppur district on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.
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S. Siva Saravanan
Voters, with nil covid-19 compliance, were seen standing in long serpentine queues outside polling stations in many parts of the eight revenue districts in the region. At the stroke of 7 a.m. on Tuesday, voters were seen standing in long serpentine queues outside polling stations in many parts of western Tamil Nadu, comprising eight revenue districts.
Actor Vijay pedalling to Tamil Nadu polling booth to cast his vote (Photo: Twitter)
Tamil Nadu polls witnessed quite a dramatic day on Tuesday. DMK supporters were thrilled to see Tamil actor, Ajith Kumar, who made his entry in a black and red mask to cast his vote.
Soon after he voted, he started trending on Twitter. That is, however, not because he voted but because he took away the phone of a mask-less fan, who tried to take a selfie with him. As Tamil Nadu votes for 234 seats, Ajith (49) and his wife Shalini, arrived at a polling booth in Chennai’s Thiruvanmiyur.
Court asks Sasikala to respond to AIADMK’s counter in suit over her removal from the party
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A city civil court has asked V.K. Sasikala, former interim general secretary of the AIADMK, to respond to a counter filed by the party in a civil suit instituted by her challenging her removal from the party. It may be recalled that Ms. Sasikala recently announced that she would stay away from politics.
In 2017, Ms. Sasikala filed a civil suit seeking to declare that AIADMK leaders Edappadi K. Palaniswami, O. Panneerselvam, Dindigul C. Srinivasan, S. Semmalai and E. Madhusudanan were not members of the party.