Popular south Indian actor Kushboo Sundar will contes TN assembly election from from the Thousand Lights constituency in Chennai, which has been a DMK stronghold. She was a former Congress national spokesperson and joined the BJP in October 2020. BJP on Sunday released its list of 17 candidates for the upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections.BJP’s Tamil Nadu state president L Murugan has been fielded from the Dharapuram seat in the Tiruppur district. The national president of the party’s women wing Vanathi Srinivasan is contesting from the Coimbatore South constituency, where she will face actor turned politician Kamal Haasan of the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) party. Senior leader H Raja will contest from Karaikudi.
In Tamil Nadu, BJP is contesting as NDA partner and we will be contesting in 20 assembly constituencies spread across all regions of the state. IPS office-turned-politician K Annamalai is contesting from Karur’s Aravakurichi seat.Dr P Saravan, sitting DMK MLA who had joined the BJP earlier in the day, has been given the Madurai North seat. The party has also fielded Nainar Nagendran from the Tirunelveli constituency.
List of 17 BJP candidates for ensuing general election to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu finalised by BJP CEC. pic.twitter.com/hvK0Q67Kcd
— BJP (@BJP4India) March 14, 2021
A single-phase election for the 234 seats in the Tamil Nadu assembly has been scheduled for April 6.
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