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Members of the territory Congress connected Saturday (April 3, 2026) demanded a alteration of campaigner for the Erode (East) Assembly constituency and staged a protestation successful beforehand of the Mahatma Gandhi statue astatine Karungalpalayam in the city.
The Congress had connected Friday (April 3, 2026) announced Gopinath Palaniyappan arsenic its campaigner for the constituency. However, respective enactment functionaries, including erstwhile territory office-bearers, opposed the information of a Tiruppur-based campaigner and urged the enactment enactment to springiness an accidental to “sons of the soil”.
A peaceful protestation was held adjacent the statue nether the enactment of Makkal G. Rajan, erstwhile president of the Erode South District Congress Committee, and councillor E.P. Ravi. The functionaries urged the enactment precocious bid to reconsider the determination and alteration the candidate.
They said 5 long-serving enactment members from the district, who had expected to beryllium nominated, were shortlisted by the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. However, the announcement of Mr. Palaniyappan, who had held positions astatine the nationalist level successful the party, came arsenic a daze to cadres and section leaders, Mr. Rajan said.
He said the protestation was not against Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K. Selvaperunthagai, but against the committee and enactment that selected the candidate. He added that the nominee should person been considered for a constituency successful Tiruppur district.
The functionaries said they were prepared to enactment for the party’s triumph if the campaigner was replaced by 1 among the 5 shortlisted aspirants. “Until a determination is taken by the leadership, the protestation volition continue,” they said.
