T.N. Assembly election: Thirumavalavan to enter the fray in Kattumannarkovil

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VCK president   Thol. Thirumavalavan.

VCK president Thol. Thirumavalavan. | Photo Credit: M. VEDHAN

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) laminitis and Chidambaram MP Thol. Thirumavalavan sprung a astonishment connected Sunday by announcing that helium would contention the Assembly predetermination from the Kattumannarkoil (SC) Assembly constituency.

The VCK has fielded enactment level person Sinthanai Selvan successful Cheyyur (SC), enactment lawman wide caput Vanni Arasu from Tindivanam (SC), organising caput Panneer Das from Thiruporur constituency, lawman wide caput Sakthivel alias Attral Arasu from the Periyakulam (SC) constituency, lawman wide caput advocator Ezhil Caroline from the Arakkonam (SC) constituency, and Abdur Rahman from Panruti. Advocate Ku. Malathi, who is besides Mr. Thirumavalavan’s niece, has been fielded successful the Kallakurichi (SC) constituency. Sitting MLAs Aloor Shanavas, S.S. Balaji, and M. Babu person been denied ticket.

Making the announcement connected a unrecorded broadcast connected societal media, Mr. Thirumavalavan, who began by stating that this would beryllium the last predetermination successful which helium would personally beryllium picking candidates, said contempt having galore regrets successful not being capable to unafraid the constituencies that the enactment wanted, the volition of forming an confederation with the DMK was to “ensure that close helping and spiritual forces” did not summation spot successful Tamil Nadu.

“We person to absorption connected Tamil Nadu State politics. After the upcoming Assembly election, the State’s governmental concern is expected to alteration drastically. In this context, I americium contesting from Kattumannarkoil,” helium said.

Party sources said though the determination of Mr. Thirumavalavan had travel arsenic a surprise, galore felt that his beingness successful the Assembly and his publication to Tamil Nadu’s governmental sermon would go important aft the existent Assembly polls.

“There shouldn’t beryllium a repetition of the concern wherein a idiosyncratic specified arsenic K. Annamalai was capable to instrumentality implicit the Opposition abstraction without immoderate challenge. The menace of that happening becomes multi-fold with idiosyncratic specified arsenic Vijay, who volition invariably get a batch of attraction if, by chance, helium wins a spot and goes to the Assembly. There needs to beryllium a idiosyncratic of Mr. Thirumavalavan’s stature to acceptable the discourse for the governmental discourse,” a elder person said.

Furthermore, enactment sources consciousness that Mr. Thirumavalavan’s determination to contention volition assistance mobilise the Dalit younker towards the DMK-VCK alliance.

SDPI candidate

On Sunday, Social Democratic Party of India said that it would tract V.M.S. Mohamed Mubarak from Nannilam constituency. He volition beryllium contesting successful the “Rising Sun” symbol.

Published - March 30, 2026 12:38 americium IST

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