Chennai, Mar 6 (UNI) Hours after the ruling AIADMK allotted
20 seats to its key ally, the BJP for the April six Assembly
elections, besides the Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha bypoll seat,
the saffron party nominated senior leader former Union Minister
Pon Radhakrishnan for the LS seat.
The Kanniyakumari LS seat fell vacant following the death of
H Vasanthakumar of Congress due to corona virus.
Mr Vasanthakumar had defeated Mr Radhakrishnan by a margin
of more than 2.5 lakh votes in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Mr Pon Radhakrishnan was twice elected from this seat in 2009
and 2014.
The AIADMK late on Friday night allotted 20 Assembly seats to
the BJP and also extended its support to the Lok Sabha bypoll.
The nomination of Mr Radhakrishnan as the candidate comes a
day ahead of the visit of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who
would campaign at Nagercoil tomorrow.
Amit Shah would also hold a road show and launch door-to-door
campaign ‘Vijay Sankalp Mahasampark’ at Suseendram in
Kanyakumari district after offering worship at the Thanumanavar
temple.
Later, Mr Amit Shah would hold meeting with BJP leaders at a
hotel.
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