Lok Sabha polls: MK Stalin to launch campaign from Trichy on 22 March

After launching his poll campaign from Tiruchirappalli, Stalin will embark on a state-wide tour, covering all 39 LS seats in Tamil Nadu, besides Puducherry.

ByPTI

Published Mar 22, 2024 | 12:08 PMUpdatedMar 22, 2024 | 12:08 PM

MK Stalin addressing the gathering. (Screengrab)

DMK president and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will launch his party’s campaign for the 19 April Lok Sabha polls, from Tiruchirappalli on Friday, 22 March.

Stalin, a key leader of the opposition INDIA bloc, will canvass votes for the party-led bloc’s Tiruchirappalli candidate, MDMK leader Durai Vaiko and the DMK’s Arun Nehru in nearby Perambalur, according to the tour schedule of the ruling party chief.

The DMK leads the multi-party Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA), which had swept the 2019 elections. It had won 38 of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu then, besides the neighbouring Puducherry segment.

Durai is the son of MDMK founder Vaiko and the Tiruchirappalli constituency has been allotted to the party by the DMK as part of the poll pact. Congress’ Su Thirunavukkarasar represents the segment in the outgoing House.

After launching his poll campaign from Tiruchirappalli, Stalin will embark on a state-wide tour, covering all 39 LS seats in the state, besides Puducherry, in the coming days.

He will conclude the campaign in Chennai on 17 April, seeking votes for his party’s South Chennai and Central Chennai candidates.

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