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AIADMK Leader Caught on Camera Distributing Cash for Votes in Tamil Nadu’s Chepauk, DMK to Approach EC

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Video grab of the AIADMK leader distributing cash for votes

Video grab of the AIADMK leader distributing cash for votes

DMK has fielded party supremo MK Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi Stalin from the Chepauk constituency. A report said that the junior Stalin is expected to approach the EC in the matter.

In a shocking case reported from Tamil Nadu’s Chepauk constituency, an AIADMK leader was seen distributing cash for votes. The video, viral in the internet, shows the leader distributing Rs 500 to voters in the constituency.

DMK has fielded party supremo MK Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi Stalin from the Chepauk constituency. A report in Times of India said that the junior Stalin is expected to approach the Election Commission in the matter.

The video is said to be shot by some locals where the AIADMK leader was seen as verifying ID cards and then handling over the cash to the people.

Last Wednesday, the EC Flying Squd seized Rs 3.21 crores of unaccounted cash in Srivilliputhur Assembly constituency.

Madras High Court recently refused to entertain a PIL which said that voters should be administered an oath at the polling booth, swearing that they have not received any cash or any other incentive from candidates or parties before voting.

The court observed that it cannot be called upon to pass impractical orders and that it was for the legislators to take a call on such issues.

Elections to the 234-member Tamil Nadu assembly will be held on April 6 and the counting of votes will take place on May 2.

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T.N. Assembly elections | AIADMK never fulfilled its promises, says Stalin

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DMK leader recalls the ruling party’s assurance on mobile phones, cable TV tariff

Accusing Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami of copying the DMK’s manifesto, its president M.K. Stalin on Thursday said people would know whether those promises would be fulfilled [by the AIADMK] or not.

Campaigning for DMK candidate T. G. Govindarajan in Gummidipoondi and Sriperumbudur Congress candidate Durai Chandrasekar, he alleged that the AIADMK failed to fulfil the promises made in the 2011 and the 2016 Assembly polls.

“The AIADMK promised mobile phones for everyone. Has anyone received it? It promised that monthly cable TV tariff would be reduced to ₹70. Has it been done? What happened to the promise of mono-rail in Tiruchi, Madurai and Coimbatore?” he asked.

Recalling the AIADMK’s promise in the 2019 Lok Sabha poll that NEET would not be allowed in Tamil Nadu, he said the ruling party was not even clear about the status of the resolution adopted in the Assembly against NEET. “The AIADMK government is not ready to question the Centre. It remains subservient to the BJP government and was running a servile government in Tamil Nadu,” he alleged.

Betraying Jaya

Mr. Stalin said earlier he had predicted victory for the DMK alliance in 200 seats, but he was now confident that it would win in all the 234 seats. Later, campaigning at Pudukottai, he accused Mr. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam of “betraying” their leader and former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa by giving a green signal to projects and policies that she did not approve of.

Mr. Stalin said as long as Jayalalithaa was alive she was against the Goods and Services Act, UDAY Scheme, the Food Safety Act and NEET. However, after her death, the AIADMK government gave the green signal to all these projects, he added.

He said the AIADMK government had supported the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act, the Triple Talaq Bill and the new farm laws. Urging the voters to defeat the AIADMK and the BJP, Mr. Stalin appealed to them to ensure the victory of the DMK in all the Assembly seats. The BJP should not be allowed to enter Tamil Nadu, he said.

Mr. Stalin listed out the promises to be implemented exclusively for Pudukottai district once the DMK was voted to power.

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Assembly Elections 2021 LIVE Updates: Amit Shah, Sarbananda Sonowal Reach Nadda’s Home for Meet

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Assembly Elections 2021 News LIVE Updates: The BJP on Saturday is all set to declare names for candidates for Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The meeting will start at 5 pm on Saturday.

The BJP Kerala core group meeting will also take place at party chief JP Nadda’s residence in Delhi before the CEC meeting. Apart from Nadda, Amit Shah, BL Santhosh, K Surendran were also present. This was the meeting ahead of CEC on Saturday.

While Mamata Banerjee has been discharged from hospital on Friday, and left the hospital in a wheelchair, the TMC has already announced an event on Saturday to induct into the party “an eminent personality”. TMC MP Derek O’ Brien, anchayat and rural development minister Subrata Mukherjee, and TMC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay will be present for the event that will be held in Trinamool Bhavan.

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AIADMK gives 20 seats to BJP

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The party has been allotted the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha seat.

In a late night development, the ruling AIADMK signed a pact with the BJP, allotting it 20 Assembly seats and the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha (bypoll) constituency for the April 6 election.

Earlier in the day, the DMK sealed a deal for six seats with the CPI, the fourth ally to sign a seat-sharing agreement.

The Kanniyakumari vacancy was caused by the death of Congress MP H. Vasanthakumar.

The seat-sharing agreement in the ruling camp was signed by O. Panneerselvam, coordinator, and Edappadi K. Palaniswami, co-coordinator of the AIADMK, C.T. Ravi, national general secretary of the BJP in-charge of Tamil Nadu, and L. Murugan, BJP Tamil Nadu president. “It has been decided that the AIADMK and the BJP will be part of an alliance to face the Assembly poll on April 6. Based on an agreement reached between the AIADMK and the BJP today [Friday], it has been decided to allot 20 seats to the BJP under the alliance led by the AIADMK,” the statement said.

The announcement comes after multiple rounds of talks between the two parties, with Home Minister Amit Shah himself holding talks with the top two leaders of the AIADMK after his visit to Puducherry on Sunday.

In another development, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, his deputy O. Panneerselvam and four others figured in the AIADMK’s first list of candidates for the Assembly election released on Friday.

Mr. Palaniswami will be trying his luck again from Edappadi, his home constituency. He was elected from the seat in 1989, 1991, 2011 and 2016. Mr. Panneerselvam has been nominated from Bodinayakanur, from where he was elected in 2011 and 2016. On two other occasions, he represented Periyakulam.

Ministers D. Jayakumar and C.Ve. Shanmugam have been chosen for their respective constituencies of Royapuram in Chennai and Villupuram. This will be the seventh time that Mr. Jayakumar is being fielded from Royapuram. He lost only in 1996. Two others — S.P. Shanmuganathan and S. Thenmozhi — have been fielded from their constituencies of Srivaikuntam and Nilakkottai (reserved).

A senior office-bearer said the six nominees represented a good mix of communities — Vellala Gounder, Mukkulathor, Meenavar, Vanniyar, Nadar and the Scheduled Caste. Another functionary said the remaining candidates would be announced by Tuesday.

At Anna Arivayalam, DMK president M.K. Stalin and CPI State secretary R. Mutharasan signed the agreement. “We held talks in a cordial manner to ensure the victory of the Secular Progressive Alliance, led by the DMK,” Mr. Mutharasan said. Between the number of seats and idealism, the latter was important in this election as the objective was to prevent sectarian forces from entering Tamil Nadu.

The DMK is yet to finalise seat-sharing with the CPI(M) and the MDMK, while talks with the Congress have remained inconclusive. The CPI(M) has convened its secretariat meeting for Saturday. The issue of seat-sharing will be discussed at the meeting, to be attended by general secretary Sitaram Yechury. Likewise, the MDMK’s high-level committee will meet to decide on the offer of seats made by the DMK.

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‘Was Never After Power or Prestige’: In U-turn Ahead of Tamil Nadu Elections, Sasikala Quits Politics

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VK Sasikala, the sacked chief of the ruling AIADMK who was released from jail recently, in a letter on Wednesday said that she is quitting politics. This comes days after her nephew TTV Dhinakaran had told reporters in Tenkasi that Sasikala will certainly contest upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections.

“Our target is to defeat common enemy DMK. I have never gone after power or prestige. I thank all followers and supporters of ‘Amma’ (Jayalalithaa),” she wrote, urging AIADMK to stay united and fight the DMK.

Appalled by her decision, Dhinakaran said, “I came to know a while ago. Chinamma had called me. I tried to convince her to not take the decision. However, she had made up her mind. She said this is right. I don’t speak for her. Whatever she wanted to convey is there in the letter.”

Recently, on J Jayalalithaa’s birth anniversary, the sacked AIADMK chief had urged all followers of the late icon to unite and join forces against the common enemy, the DMK, in the forthcoming Assembly elections.

“Amma’s followers should unite and fight for victory. In the forthcoming elections, our target is victory. Very soon I will meet cadre and the public,” Sasikala had said.

Sasikala was released from prison after a four-year jail term in a disproportionate assets case that had primarily convicted Jayalalithaa among others. Sasikala’s exit from prison just ahead of elections had set fire to speculation that she might merge with the AIADMK.

It was widely rumoured that the BJP was engineering a merger between Sasikala and the top brass of the AIADMK, headed by Palaniswami and Panneerselvam.

In her statement, the sacked AIADMK leader said she would continue to remain loyal to the sentiments of Jayalalithaa, just like she had been, as a “sister” to the late icon.

Several AIADMK leaders, including KP Munusamy, gave out statements sympathising with Sasikala, although they were apprehensive of Dhinakaran’s move, who appears set on fomenting trouble for the ruling party.

The main opposition DMK, which is out of power for almost ten years is leaving no stone unturned to win polls in April. The AIADMK, which snatched the reins of power in 2011 from archrival DMK, emerged victorious again in 2016 under Jayalalithaa’s leadership.



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