Chennai, March 25: The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has released its first list of candidates for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The announcement was made by the party’s General Secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, who will contest from the Edappadi constituency in Salem district.
Senior party leaders will also run for re-election in the constituencies they previously represented. Former minister D. Jayakumar will contest from the Royapuram constituency in Chennai.
The candidates include K.P. Munusamy (Deputy General Secretary, former minister) from the Veppanahalli assembly seat, Dindigul C. Srinivasan (Treasurer, former minister) from Dindigul, R. Vishwanathan (Deputy General Secretary, former minister) from Natham, S.P. Velumani (Headquarters Secretary, former minister) from Thondamuthur, P. Thangamani (Organization Secretary, former minister) from Kumarapalayam, and D. Jayakumar (Organization Secretary, former minister) from Royapuram.
Other candidates are C.V. Shanmugam (Organization Secretary, former minister) from Mayilam, Selur K. Raju (Organization Secretary, former minister) from Madurai West, K.P. Anbazhagan (Organization Secretary, former minister) from Palakodu, R. Kamaraj (Organization Secretary, former minister) from Nannilam, and O.S. Manian (Organization Secretary, former minister) from the Vedaranayam assembly seat.
Additionally, Dr. C. Vijay (Organization Secretary, former minister) will contest from Viralimalai, Kadambur C. Raju (Organization Secretary, former minister) from Kovilpatti, R.B. Udayakumar (Party Unit Secretary, former minister) from Tirumangalam, K.T. Rajendran Balaji (Organization Secretary, former minister) from Sivakasi, and P. Benjamin (Organization Secretary, former minister) from Maduravoyal.
Candidates also include S.S. Krishnamurthy (Agriculture Cell Secretary, former minister) from Kalasapakkam, V.V. Rajan Chelappa (Organization Secretary, former minister) from Tirupparankundram, K.C. Karuppannan (Erode Suburban East District Secretary, former minister) from Bhavani, K.C. Veeramani (Tiruppattur District Secretary, former minister) from Jolarpet, M.R. Vijay (Karur District Secretary, former minister) from Karur, and Shri Thamarai S. Rajendran (Ariyalur District Secretary, former Chief Whip) from Ariyalur.
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