Jayalalithaa, Karunanidhi file nominations
The 68-year-old Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa filed her nomination this afternoon from R K Nagar constituency here for the May 16 Assembly election. She is a sitting MLA of the constituency.
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Hundreds of enthusiastic party workers and people greeted her en route to the electoral office before she filed her nomination.
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DMK chief M Karunanidhi filed his nomination papers with the Tiruvarur constituency Returning Officer Muthu Meenakshi. The 93-year-old former five-time Chief Minister is seeking re-election from Tiruvarur.
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He has won in all the assembly elections he has so far contested since his debut at Kulithalai in 1957. He is scheduled to address an election rally here this evening.