After much deliberation, Makkal Nidi Mayim founder Kamal Haasan announced to contest from the Coimbatore South seat in the Assembly elections on Friday.
According to party sources, the Coimbatore South seat was considered ‘safe’ as the Dravidian ambassadors allotted seats to their allies – BJP and Congress.
Several assembly segments in South Chennai and Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituencies, where the party cast more than 1 lakh votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, were under consideration. By Thursday night, which seat he should contest, there was a churn on it. Alandur, T. Nagar, Velachery and Mylapore were some of the constituencies under consideration from South Chennai.
The DMK and the AIADMK introduced Alandur, Velachery, T. Fielding strong candidates in Nagar and Maylapur, it was decided that Mr. Haasan should contest from Coimbatore South.
Party sources also said that the vice president, Dr. R. Mahendran worked systematically in Coimbatore for the Lok Sabha elections and has since carved out a strong party structure in the district. Although we got more than 1 lakh votes in both Coimbatore and South Chennai in the Lok Sabha elections, it was felt that the voting in Coimbatore was the result of a strong booth level organization. A party leader said that the votes cast in South Chennai were not due to the party structure that garners voters.
Dr. Mahendran will contest from Singanallur seat. Former IAS officer Drs. Santosh Babu has been fielded from Velachery constituency and will face the AIADMK and Congress candidates.
Actor Sripriya has been fielded in Mylapore, where he is the DMK’s T.K. Velu and the erstwhile R of IPS and AIADMK. Will compete with Natraj Experienced politician Pa Za. T. to Karuppaiya. Has been fielded from the city.
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