Congress poll committee discusses candidates for Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu

AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal and party leaders from Tamil Nadu were present at the meeting.

Senior Congress leaders Ajoy Kumar and Harish Chaudhary were also present.

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DMK announced candidates

The ruling party in Tamil Nadu and a major partner in the Opposition’s INDIA bloc, DMK, on Wednesday released the list of candidates for 21 seats for the polls, among those that MK Stalin-led DMK has retained as candidates are sitting MPs Kanimozhi, TR Baalu and A Raja.

DMK has allotted the rest of the 18 seats in Tamil Nadu to its allies — Congress, Left parties and VCK among others.

Of the 21 names the ruling party fielded, 11 were new faces, even as three women, including sitting South Chennai MP Tamizhachi Thangapandian were named.

Dayanidhi Maran, S Jagathrakshakan, Kalanidhi Veerasamy, Kathir Anand and CN Annadurai were also retained as candidates.

MK Stalin’s party also released its manifesto for the polls, touching upon other subjects like the appointment of Governors and the abolition of Article 356.

In its manifesto, the party, among others, promised to take steps for states being consulted on the appointment of Governors, abolition of Article 356 that allowed the Centre to dismiss a state government and statehood for Puducherry.

(With PTI inputs)