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.
STORY | TN polls: Vijay releases list of TVK candidates, leader to contest from Perambur, Trichy East
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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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Kharge announces Cong’s '5 guarantees' for Assam; pledges monthly cash transfer to women
Naoboicha (Assam) (PTI): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday announced his party's "five guarantees" for poll-bound Assam, with a focus on women's welfare, healthcare for all, land rights and justice in the Zubeen Garg death case.
He also took a swipe at the BJP-led government in the state, accusing it of indulging in rampant corruption and working "to fill the coffers" of its leaders and their families.
Addressing a rally at Naoboicha in Lakhimpur district, Kharge listed the party's 'five guarantees', which include a monthly cash transfer to women, along with an additional Rs 50,000 assistance to women willing to set up or expand a business.
"Our transfer will be unconditional. It will not be like what the BJP government is doing, where women are asked to be members of their party," he said.
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The Congress, which is looking to wrest power from the BJP, pledged Rs 25 lakh cashless health insurance for all families, permanent land pattas for 10 lakh indigenous people and Rs 1,250 per month for senior citizens of the state.
"We also pledge to ensure justice in the Zubeen Garg death case within 100 days if Congress comes to power,” Kharge added.
Alleging rampant corruption by the BJP-led government in the state, the Congress president claimed that even the family members of the party's leaders are involved in it. He claimed that the BJP was "using its 'double engine' in Assam to loot and fill the coffers of its leaders in Delhi".
Hitting out at Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Kharge said that he was a "'nakli' (fake) CM" as the BJP had fought the 2021 elections with Sarbananda Sonowal at the helm. "But after the elections, Sarma removed tribal leader Sonowal to grab the Assam CM's chair," he claimed.
Kharge also alleged that Sarma's government was intimidating people and creating a fear psychosis, and trying to divide the people of the state.
