Chennai, Mar 23 (PTI) The Congress’s list of candidates for seven out of nine seats in Tamil Nadu on Saturday saw the national party renominate key MPs, including Karti P Chidambaram and S Jothimani, from Sivaganga and Karur, respectively.
Former IAS Officer Sasikant Senthil, who quit the government service in 2019 saying democracy was under threat, has been fielded from the reserved Tiruvallur constituency. He had also headed the Congress’ election war room strategy in the 2023 Karnataka Assembly polls.
Karti is the son of veteran Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram. He won from Sivaganga in 2019 and has been fielded by the party again from the southern segment for the April 16 Lok Sabha polls.
Jothimani and B Manickam Tagore have been fielded again from Karur and Virudhunagar constituencies, respectively.
Dr K Vishnu Prasad, representing Arani in the outgoing House, has been nominated from Cuddalore this time. He is also a former MLA.
Similarly, incumbent Kanniyakumari MP Vijay Vasanth has been given a ticket for the coming polls from the same segment. He was elected in 2021 in a bypoll necessitated due to the death of then Kanniyakumari Congress MP and his father, H Vasanthakumar.
K Gopinath, a former MLA, is the Congress’ pick from Krishnagiri.
As per the seat-sharing deal with the DMK, Congress was allotted 9 seats in Tamil Nadu–Sivaganga, Cuddalore, Krishnagiri, Kanniyakumari, Tiruvallur (SC), Mayiladuthurai, Tirunelveli, Karur and Virudhunagar.
The party has been allotted the lone Puducherry segment as well. PTI SA SA
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