NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will headline an INDIA bloc rally in Coimbatore, the prized Lok Sabha seat that’s to be contested by BJP heavyweight and the get together’s state president Ok Annamalai, on April 12.
The DMK, which is the senior associate within the ruling alliance within the state, which additionally options the Congress and different events, confirmed the date for the joint rally that includes the 2 heavyweights.
In keeping with an official launch from the DMK, Rahul and CM Stalin might be on the forefront of the rally the place they’ll search electoral help for candidates representing the Opposition bloc within the battle for the Lok Sabha.
The general public assembly might be held in Coimbatore’s Chettypalayam space, based on the DMK launch.
Tamil Nadu will ballot for the Decrease Home in a single part, on April 19, within the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections.
Aiming to make deeper electoral inroads south of the Vindhyas, which has remained a nearly impregnable fortress for the Opposition, barring Karnataka, the place the BJP been the ruling get together, and Kanyakumari in 2014, the ruling get together on the Centre unleashed high gun within the Lok Sabha battle this time, fielding state chief Annamalai from Coimbatore.
Nevertheless, the DMK, which stays a preeminent power within the state, is anticipated to revenue from the cut up within the principal opposition participant within the state–the AIADMK.
In 2019, the DMK-led secular alliance swept the Lok Sabha polls within the state, successful 38 of the 39 seats within the state.
The DMK, which is contesting 22 seats, leads an eight-party alliance that features the Congress, which is contesting 9 seats; the CPI(M) and the CPI which can be contesting 2 seats every; the Indian Muslim League, which has fielded a lone candidate; the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, which is contesting 2 seats, the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which has fielded a lone candidate; and the Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi (KMDK), whose candidate will contest on the DMK image.
The AIADMK, which is main an alliance of 4 events within the Lok Sabha, will contest 34 seats whereas itrs companions Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam will contest 5, the Puthiya Tamilagam and Social Democratic Occasion of India (SDPI) one every. Nevertheless, the latter two events will contest the polls on the AIADMK image.
The BJP, which is contesting 23 seats, will go into the polls with 9 different companions; together with the Pattali Makkal Katchi on 10 seats), the Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) on 3 seats, former Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK chief O Pannerselvam, who’s contesting as an Impartial; Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMU), headed by TTV Dhinakaran, on 2 seats, and the Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi, Puthiya Needhi Katchi and Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam on one seat every.
Nevertheless, the latter three events are contesting on the BJP’s ‘lotus’ image.
The DMK final received the Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat in 1980 and 1996. The get together misplaced the seat within the 1998 and 2014 normal elections.
Whereas the CPM received the prized seat in 2019, the DMK stored Coimbatore to itself this time, fielding Ganapathi P. Rajkumar.
In 2014, the AIADMK received Coimbatore by a margin of 42,016 votes whereas the DMK dropped to 3rd within the tally behind CP Radhakrishnan of the BJP.
The BJP now boasts of a sizeable vote financial institution within the constituency, which it had been cultivating since 1996.
The DMK, which is the senior associate within the ruling alliance within the state, which additionally options the Congress and different events, confirmed the date for the joint rally that includes the 2 heavyweights.
In keeping with an official launch from the DMK, Rahul and CM Stalin might be on the forefront of the rally the place they’ll search electoral help for candidates representing the Opposition bloc within the battle for the Lok Sabha.
The general public assembly might be held in Coimbatore’s Chettypalayam space, based on the DMK launch.
Tamil Nadu will ballot for the Decrease Home in a single part, on April 19, within the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections.
Aiming to make deeper electoral inroads south of the Vindhyas, which has remained a nearly impregnable fortress for the Opposition, barring Karnataka, the place the BJP been the ruling get together, and Kanyakumari in 2014, the ruling get together on the Centre unleashed high gun within the Lok Sabha battle this time, fielding state chief Annamalai from Coimbatore.
Nevertheless, the DMK, which stays a preeminent power within the state, is anticipated to revenue from the cut up within the principal opposition participant within the state–the AIADMK.
In 2019, the DMK-led secular alliance swept the Lok Sabha polls within the state, successful 38 of the 39 seats within the state.
The DMK, which is contesting 22 seats, leads an eight-party alliance that features the Congress, which is contesting 9 seats; the CPI(M) and the CPI which can be contesting 2 seats every; the Indian Muslim League, which has fielded a lone candidate; the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi, which is contesting 2 seats, the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which has fielded a lone candidate; and the Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi (KMDK), whose candidate will contest on the DMK image.
The AIADMK, which is main an alliance of 4 events within the Lok Sabha, will contest 34 seats whereas itrs companions Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam will contest 5, the Puthiya Tamilagam and Social Democratic Occasion of India (SDPI) one every. Nevertheless, the latter two events will contest the polls on the AIADMK image.
The BJP, which is contesting 23 seats, will go into the polls with 9 different companions; together with the Pattali Makkal Katchi on 10 seats), the Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) on 3 seats, former Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK chief O Pannerselvam, who’s contesting as an Impartial; Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam (AMMU), headed by TTV Dhinakaran, on 2 seats, and the Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi, Puthiya Needhi Katchi and Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam on one seat every.
Nevertheless, the latter three events are contesting on the BJP’s ‘lotus’ image.
The DMK final received the Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat in 1980 and 1996. The get together misplaced the seat within the 1998 and 2014 normal elections.
Whereas the CPM received the prized seat in 2019, the DMK stored Coimbatore to itself this time, fielding Ganapathi P. Rajkumar.
In 2014, the AIADMK received Coimbatore by a margin of 42,016 votes whereas the DMK dropped to 3rd within the tally behind CP Radhakrishnan of the BJP.
The BJP now boasts of a sizeable vote financial institution within the constituency, which it had been cultivating since 1996.
