Former AIADMK Minister C Ve Shanmugam. File Former AIADMK Minister and Rajya Sabha member C.Ve. Shanmugam on Wednesday alleged that Erode (East) Assembly constituency was fully under the control of the DMK ahead of the bypoll scheduled for February 27. Addressing the media, Mr. Shanmugam said that the electoral roll carries the names of 40,000 … Read more
Former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami addressing the media in Erode on February 12, 2023 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Leader of Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Sunday alleged that the DMK was trying to “buy people” through the money it had earned in the past 21 months of its rule, and was murdering democracy. … Read more
Byelections in Tamil Nadu do not throw up surprises, going by the record in the last 65-odd years. Virtually, in three out of four byelections, the party in power or its ally won. Hence, a by-election is hardly a reason for excitement. However, the February 27 byelection to Erode (East) is anything but dull. In … Read more
K.A. Sengottaiyan. File photo The AIADMK will contest on its own in the by-election to the Erode (East) Assembly constituency. Party interim general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami will soon announce the parties in the alliance, former AIADMK Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan said on Saturday. Addressing the media here, he said Tamils across the world were waiting … Read more
Erode (East) has, on an average, recorded a voter turnout of 70% since the constituency was created during the 2008 delimitation. In the last 15 years, it faced six elections — three as an Assembly constituency (2011, 2016 and 2021) and the other three as a segment of the Erode Lok Sabha constituency (2009, 2014 … Read more