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The Communist Party of India (CPI), a constituent of the INDIA bloc, connected Thursday (February 19, 2026) launched its run for the upcoming Assembly elections successful Puducherry from the Thattanchavady constituency. The party’s campaigner was the runner-up successful this conception successful the 2021 polls.
Party workers led by CPI caput A.M. Saleem visited commercialized and residential areas, starting from Pudhupet connected Lawspet Main Road, and distributed pamphlets to voters, seeking their enactment to “save” the Thattanchavady constituency – presently held by Chief Minister and AINRC laminitis N. Rangasamy – from “neglect.”
The pamphlets listed retired assorted issues confronting the radical and the deficiency of improvement initiatives successful the constituency. The enactment has decided to screen each the wards successful the coming days for the organisation of run materials.
“We person launched our run with the connection to retrieve the spot from the ruling AINRC. The Thattanchavady constituency was neglected for a agelong time. In the past 2 polls, the spot was allotted to america and we were the runner-up. So, we person decided to motorboat the run early,” Mr. Saleem said.
In the erstwhile polls, CPI campaigner K. Sethu Selvam, who has since been expelled from the enactment connected charges of fiscal impropriety, had secured the 2nd spot, garnering 31.89% of the votes. Mr. Selvam was the runner-up successful the 2016 polls too, securing astir 22% of the votes. The enactment had contested the polls arsenic portion of the Secular Progressive Alliance led by the Congress successful the UT.
Standoff implicit leadership
With the Congress-DMK standoff implicit the enactment of the confederation continuing, the CPI’s unilateral determination to motorboat the run assumes significance, considering the Dravidian party’s attempts to cobble a beforehand led by it successful the UT. Earlier this month, the CPI, on with the CPI(M) and VCK, had attended a gathering convened by the DMK astatine its bureau successful Puducherry to sermon seat-sharing.
After the February 3 meeting, the CPI caput told media that the enactment would similar to have the Tamil Nadu exemplary of confederation for the INDIA bloc successful the UT, implying that the DMK should pb the beforehand successful Puducherry, too. The CPI had sought 4 seats, including the Thattanchavady constituency, successful the gathering with the DMK.
