Congress announces 9 candidates for TN polls
Congress tonight announced the names of nine candidates for the May 16 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu which it is fighting in alliance with DMK.
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As per the list released by Congress general secretary Madhusudan Mistry, Nasey R Rajesh will contest in Maduravoyal, Karate R Thiyagarajan from Mylapore, K Selvaperunthagai from Sriperumbudur (SC) and Dr M K Vishnuprasad from Cheyyar.
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P Gopi has been nominated from Kangayam, Sreeraj Chokkar from Sivakasi, Rani Venkatesan from Srivaikuntam and S Rajeshkumar from Kiliyoor.
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The party has also named B Ramachandran from Udhagamandalam, replacing R Ganesh announced earlier.
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Congress had few days back released a list of 33 candidates for the polls. It has been allotted 41 seats by DMK in the 234-segment Assembly.
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The Congress-DMK alliance was finalised after a meeting of senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mukul Wasnik with DMK supremo M Karunanidhi.
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The main tussle in the state is between the ruling AIADMK led alliance and the DMK-led alliance.