BJP Fields Annamalai, Union Minister L Murugan & Ex-Telangana Governor Tamilisai In Tamil Nadu’s 1st Listing |
Chennai: The BJP on Thursday sprung a shock by fielding some outstanding faces within the Lok Sabha elections from Tamil Nadu thereby exhibiting its willpower to present a tricky combat to the DMK-led INDIA bloc and the AIADMK alliance. The get together launched the names of 9 candidates out of the 20 seats from the place it will contest, heading the NDA.
Annamalai Fielded In Coimbatore
The get together fielded its state unit president Ok Annamalai, identified for his aggressive type of politics, within the communally delicate Coimbatore, the place Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not too long ago undertaken a 2.8 km lengthy roadshow. He’ll tackle the DMK’s Ganapathy P Rajkumar – who’s a political turncoat and former AIADMK Mayor of Coimbatore – and Singai G Ramachandran, the AIADMK’s IT wing head.
Annamalai, who had undertaken an eight month lengthy ‘En Mann, En Makkal’ yatra, was initially not eager on coming into the fray and most popular to marketing campaign for the get together however the excessive command determined to discipline him in Coimbatore.
L Murugan To Combat Towards DMK’s A Raja
The larger shock within the BJP record was that of Union Minister L Murugan. Just some weeks in the past, the get together had despatched him to the Rajya Sabha for a second time from Madhya Pradesh. Nonetheless, now he’ll file nominations from The Nilgiris (Reserved) constituency the place he’ll taken on DMK heavyweight and former Union Telecom Minister A Raja.
Likewise, Tamilisai Soundararajan, who not too long ago resigned as Telangana Governor and Puducherry Lt Governor, will check the water from Chennai South taking up sitting DMK MP Thamizhachi and former AIADMK MP Jayavardhan.
Different Excessive Profile Names From The Listing
One other excessive profile candidate is the get together’s flooring chief within the Meeting, Nainar Nagendran (a former AIADMK Minister), who has been fielded in Tirunelveli. Apart from, the get together has renominated former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan in Kanniyakumari, a historically robust seat for the get together.
The BJP has allotted 19 seats to its varied allies however has left former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam excessive and dry, not giving him any constituencies.