TN polls: Vijay releases list of TVK candidates, leader to contest from Perambur, Trichy East
Chennai (PTI): TVK chief Vijay on Sunday named his party's candidates for all 234 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu for the April 23 elections, announcing his electoral debut from two seats, including Perambur in Chennai, a city considered the ruling DMK's bastion.
In his maiden electoral battle, Vijay would also contest from Tiruchirappalli East in the central district of Tamil Nadu. The DMK has fielded RD Sekar from Perambur and retained Inigo Iruthayaraj in Tirchirappalli East.
"It will be C Joseph Vijay," from these two seats, the actor-politician emphatically announced amid loud cheers at a party functionaries' meet held at a popular 5-star hotel in the city.
On the occasion, he named and introduced his party nominees for the rest of the 232 seats, and the candidates included those from his core team.
Senior party leaders and Vijay's inner team members-- N Anand, Adhav Arjuna, P Venkatramanan, R Arunraaj, CTR Nirmal Kumar and KA Sengkottaiyan were named by the party chief as TVK candidates for seats including T Nagar, Villivakkam, Gobichettipalayam and Thirupparankundram.
Former AIADMK minister Ku Pa Krishnan, who had joined the TVK earlier this year, has been fielded from Lalgudi.
Among the candidates are some former DMK and AIADMK leaders who had joined TVK over the period of time.
Reiterating that the electoral fight was between his "people's alliance TVK and Stalin sir alliance," he slammed the ruling DMK-led bloc as a mere "patch-up."
"I have selected as candidates, those who would stand with people," he said about his party nominees.
They were not mere candidates (vetpalargal), but "people's protectors," (makkal kappalargal), Vijay said and sought wholehearted support for them. He particularly exhorted the "Gen Z," to vote enmasse, for his party symbol whistle and also motivate those at their homes to support TVK candidates in the hustings.
"This is a poll battle of a generation," which was confined between the DMK and TVK and none else was in the race, he claimed.
Seeking to define the characteristics of an MLA, he said they should be one with impeccable personal integrity and not "loot" people.
Elections to 234 Assembly segments in the state will be held on April 23.
Unveiling an agenda for youth, what he described as "guarantee," Vijay promised, among others, steps for drugs-free TN, collateral-free loan guarantee up to Rs 20 lakh from Class 12 to Phd.
He also introduced the party's Puducherry candidates for the April 9 polls in the Union Territory. He had already released the list of candidates.
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In his maiden electoral venture, TVK chief Vijay on Sunday announced that he would contest from two constituencies for the April 23 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections.
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Allahabad HC orders police protection to married couple apprehending 'honour killing'
Prayagraj (PTI): The Allahabad High Court has granted protection to a married couple who expressed fear that they may be killed by the woman's family.
The order was passed by a division bench comprising Justice JJ Munir and Justice Tarun Saxena on March 25.
"No individual can make an 'honour issue' out of a consenting adult marrying a person of their own choice. It is the state's duty to protect the life, limb, and property of such persons even against their own family members," the bench said.
The court was hearing a petition filed by Prachi Agrawal and her partner, who sought relief in connection with an FIR filed under Section 87 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for kidnapping, and abducting or inducing a woman to compel her marriage.
The couple submitted that they married at an Arya Samaj temple and possessed a marriage registration certificate issued under the Uttar Pradesh Marriage Registration Rules, 2017.
The petitioners alleged that the woman's family members were averse to their marriage and lodged a bogus FIR against them.
The couple further submitted a joint affidavit expressing apprehension of an honour killing by the woman's family.
The court said that a prima facie case was made out and issued notice to the private respondent and granted two weeks to file a counter-affidavit.
Meanwhile, as an interim measure, the court granted the petitioners protection from arrest.
The court also explicitly ordered the woman's family members and relatives not to harm the petitioners, enter their matrimonial home, or establish contact with them directly or through any electronic means.
The bench directed the Aligarh senior superintendent of police to ensure that no harm comes to the couple and posted the matter for hearing on April 8.
