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Campaigning peaks in Sattankulam
Sattankulam, Feb 23: With barely two days left for the close of electioneering in the February 26 by-election to this Tamil Nadu Assembly constituency, the campaigning has reached a crecendo with almost all key political leaders camping here.
Sattankulam, Feb 23: With barely two days left for the close of electioneering in the February 26 by-election to this Tamil Nadu Assembly constituency, the campaigning has
reached a crecendo with almost all key political leaders camping here.
While AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa wound up her six-day long campaigning last night, Congress leaders led by AICC secretaries Ramesh Chenithala and G K Vasan are making a last minute bid to woo the voters.
CPI leader R Nallakannu, DPI general secretary R Thirumavalavan, Puthiya Tamizagham chief Dr K Krishnaswamy, Makkal Tamizh Desam leader S Kannappan are also campaigning for the congress candidate R Mahendran, who is pitted in a virtual straight fight against AIADMK's Neelamegavarnam. Meanwhile, DMK, which had asked its cadres not to vote for the AIADMK nominee, organised a meeting at Sattankulam last night presided over by party youth wing leader M K Stalin to protest against what it termed the AIADMK government's 'political vengeance against the DMK MLAs'.
While Jayalalithaa, with an eye on getting the support of Christians, who formed a sizeable chunk of 1.55 lakh voters of the remote constituency, had campaigned that the recent anti-conversion law was not against the minorities, Christian leaders announced at Chennai yesterday that the Christians would not vote for AIADMK as long as the law was in force.
The Congress, which is harping on the 'misdeeds' of the AIADMK government, had not taken up the anti-conversion law issue. Bureau Report
CPI leader R Nallakannu, DPI general secretary R Thirumavalavan, Puthiya Tamizagham chief Dr K Krishnaswamy, Makkal Tamizh Desam leader S Kannappan are also campaigning for the congress candidate R Mahendran, who is pitted in a virtual straight fight against AIADMK's Neelamegavarnam. Meanwhile, DMK, which had asked its cadres not to vote for the AIADMK nominee, organised a meeting at Sattankulam last night presided over by party youth wing leader M K Stalin to protest against what it termed the AIADMK government's 'political vengeance against the DMK MLAs'.
While Jayalalithaa, with an eye on getting the support of Christians, who formed a sizeable chunk of 1.55 lakh voters of the remote constituency, had campaigned that the recent anti-conversion law was not against the minorities, Christian leaders announced at Chennai yesterday that the Christians would not vote for AIADMK as long as the law was in force.
The Congress, which is harping on the 'misdeeds' of the AIADMK government, had not taken up the anti-conversion law issue. Bureau Report