AIADMK fields largely ‘old faces’; nominates 2 novices in Tirunelveli, Tenkasi districts

While fielding novices successful Sankarankovil (Reserved) constituency successful Tenkasi territory and Palayamkottai successful Tirunelveli district, the AIADMK has mostly reposed its religion successful the aged faces that see erstwhile minister, MP and MLA for the April 23 Assembly poll.

For Tirunelveli constituency, the AIADMK has fielded its Tirunelveli territory caput 64-year-old Thatchai N. Ganesaraja, a soft-spoken integrated farmer, who mislaid the electoral conflict successful Nanguneri constituency to Congress campaigner Ruby R. Manoharan successful the 2021 Assembly elections. Interestingly, helium is the elder member of erstwhile Tirunelveli MLA (2006 - 2011) N. Malairaja of DMK.

After joining the enactment successful 1982, Mr. Ganesaraja has held assorted enactment positions, including Tirunelveli territory presidium chairman, Tirunelveli territory lawman secretary, party’s wide committee member, Tirunelveli territory treasurer and vice-chairman of Tamil Nadu State Cooperative Union and president of Tirunelveli District Central Cooperative Bank.

Even though helium made all-out efforts to get the Tirunelveli summons successful the 2021 polls, Mr. Ganesaraja was fielded lone successful Nanguneri by the AIADMK that allotted Tirunelveli to BJP. As BJP authorities president and sitting MLA Nainar Nagenthran has decided to contention from Sattur, reportedly a safer turf for him, Mr. Ganesaraja has been fielded successful Tirunelveli.

In Ambasamudram, the AIADMK has chosen sitting MLA and erstwhile curate Esakki Subaya, who comfortably defeated erstwhile Speaker R. Avudaiyappan successful 2011 and 2021. Even though the past Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa inducted Mr. Subaya into her Cabinet arsenic Minister of Law successful May 2011, she dismissed him from the ministry successful July the aforesaid year. She besides denied him summons successful the 2016 Assembly polls.

However, Mr. Subaya made a comeback successful 2021 to triumph the Assembly predetermination aft Edappadi K. Palaniswami became the party’s wide secretary.

The Palayamkottai segment, supposedly DMK’s bastion with ample fig of teachers, authorities employees, Christian and Muslim voters, has been fixed rookie Syed Sultan Samsudeen, an engineering graduate, arsenic the DMK usually fields a Muslim campaigner successful this constituency. While sitting MLA M. Abdul Wahab is trying to get summons again, erstwhile curate T. P. M. Mohideen Khan, who got elected from this conception successful 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016, is besides making efforts to get his granddaughter, a aesculapian doctor, a summons for Palayamkottai constituency.

The AIADMK has nominated successful Alangulam Assembly constituency erstwhile MP K. R. P. Prabhakaran, who got elected to the Lok Sabha from the Tirunelveli Parliamentary constituency successful 2014. Interestingly, this constituency is present represented by P. H. Manoj Pandian, lad of erstwhile Speaker P.H. Pandian, who precocious defected to the DMK aft being a protagonist of O. Panneerselvam for a while. Hence, Mr. Prabhakaran whitethorn person to take-on Mr. Manoj Pandian, who is successful each likelihood to beryllium fielded again by the DMK.

In Tenkasi, S. Selva Mohandas Pandian, erstwhile MLA (2016 - 2021) from this segment, is going to trial his electoral luck again and Kadayanallur constituency has been allotted to sitting MLA C. Krishna Murali, lad of precocious curate Chendurpandian.

Novice J. Dileepan Jaishankar, a 29-year-old aesculapian doctor, is the AIADMK’s prime for Sankarankovil (Reserved) segment. This constituency is being represented by DMK MLA E. Raja, who is trying to get the summons adjacent arsenic erstwhile MLA S. Muthuselvi, who defected from the AIADMK to the DMK, is besides making aggravated attempts to get the seat.