Chennai: Senior DMK leader and Tamil Nadu
Finance Minister K Anbazhagan was among over 100 candidates
who filed their nominations on Saturday for the April 13 Assembly
polls, official sources said.
Accompanied by party workers, the DMK General Secretary
filed his nomination papers at Villivakkam from where he is
contesting.
Rural Industries Minister Pongalur N Palinisamy filed his
papers from Coimbatore (south) constituency.
DMK candidate M Magesh Kumar, who is in the fray from
Saidapet constituency, also filed his papers, sources said.
Earlier in the day, Governor S S Barnala issued a
notification calling for nominations to elect the new
Assembly.
The 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly goes to poll on the
same day along with 140-member Kerala Assembly and 30-member
Puducherry.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, March 19, 2011, 21:33