TVK fields ex-MLA in Tirunelveli district

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S. Maria John

S. Maria John

R.S. Murugan.

R.S. Murugan.

S. Rajagopal.

S. Rajagopal.

A. Rajaprakash

A. Rajaprakash

C. Ramarajan

C. Ramarajan

R. Amutharani

R. Amutharani

K. Satheesh Christopher

K. Satheesh Christopher

Actor Vijay-led Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam has fielded businessman, starring highways contractor and a erstwhile MLA successful Tirunelveli territory portion the enactment has nominated little-known candidates successful neighbouring Tenkasi district.

Former MLA of Nanguneri, Reddiyarpatti V. Narayanan, who resigned from the AIADMK successful protestation against allotting this constituency to T.T.V. Dhinakaran-led Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam, and subsequently joined the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam connected Saturday night, has been fielded successful this segment.

“Since I got elected successful the by-election successful 2019, I could service the radical lone for 2 years. However, my interaction with the radical continued adjacent aft my tenure ended successful 2021. I worked truly hard for the nationalist origin and maintained bully rapport with them. However, the AIADMK precocious bid betrayed me, an ardent loyalist of enactment laminitis M.G. Ramachandran, for supporting a betrayer similar Mr. Dhinakaran. Hence, I near the enactment and joined TVK which has fielded maine successful Nanguneri successful designation of my bully work,” Mr. Narayanan told The Hindu from Chennai.

In Palayamkotti, TVK has nominated renowned builder and timber importer S. Maria John, who utilized to service nutrient to the devotees taking ‘padayatra’ to Tiruchendur Murugan temple, the devotees offering prayers successful the temples during ‘Shivaratri’ and donate escaped notebooks to the students of Muslim Girls’ Higher Secondary School, Melapalayam.

The TVK has chosen R.S. Murugan, 1 of the high-profile highways contractors of Tamil Nadu, for Tirunelveli segment. Even though helium was a tiny contractor successful the beginning, Mr. Murugan achieved roaring occurrence successful the concern successful a precise abbreviated span by getting high-worth contracts aft helium became adjacent to O. Panneerselvam arsenic they beryllium to aforesaid community. Apart from the bulky State highways contracts, Mr. Murugan besides started getting 4-lane nationalist highways contacts of enviable quantum arsenic his contacts expanded up to Delhi done Mr. Panneerselvam and different AIADMK leaders.

As the DMK came to powerfulness successful 2021 and AIADMK was staring astatine a fissure with Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Mr. Panneerselvam starring their factions aft the demise of enactment supremo Jayalalithaa, Mr. Murugan joined the DMK a fewer months agone with an oculus Nanguneri constituency since helium is from Vijayanarayanam, a tiny hamlet successful this segment. Since this constituency is present represented by Congress MLA Ruby R. Manoharan, the DMK could not allot Nanguneri conception to Mr. Murugan aft upsetting its main ally.

Frustrated implicit this, helium joined the TVK to beryllium fielded successful Tirunelveli arsenic its campaigner and helium volition instrumentality connected AIADMK’s Thatchai N. Ganesaraja and DMK’s S. Subramanian.

The enactment has hand-picked 1 S. Rajagopal, an electrician, for Ambasamudram and K. Satheesh Christopher for Radhapuram.

In Tenkasi district, the TVK has fielded C. Ramarajan successful Sankarankovil (Reserve), R. Amudha Rani successful Vasudevanallur (Reserve), R.K. Abdul Jalil successful Kadayanallur, A. Raja Prakash successful Tenkasi and V. Vipin Chakravarthi successful Alangulam.

Published - March 29, 2026 08:10 p.m. IST

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