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April 05, 2021 01:03 IST
With infections surging again, some candidates contracted the virus while others had to urge crowds to adhere to norms.
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With infections surging again, some candidates contracted the virus while others had to urge crowds to adhere to norms. Leaders and candidates faced the unusual challenge of COVID-19 this election season, campaigning for which concluded on Sunday. While the pandemic was in control for over a month, soon after electioneering began in full swing, COVID-19 cases surged, prompting the AIADMK and DMK leaders to urge those in the crowd to wear masks.
Quite a few leaders and candidates cutting across party lines, including the DMK women’s wing leader, M.K. Kanimozhi, were infected during the campaign, forcing them to isolate themselves. Some of them, previously infected, were seen being actively involved in the campaign, unmindful of the chances of re-infection.
Mr. Vaze was arrested on March 13 by the central agency that was charged with sections of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. After arresting him at 11.50 p.m., the NIA’s spokesperson had said he was arrested for his “role and involvement in placing explosives laden vehicle near Carmichael Road.”
Congress hopes to improve strike rate in Tamil Nadu
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From a strike rate of more than 70% in the 2006 assembly poll, the Congress’s strike rate had fallen below 10% in 2011 and was less than 20% in 2016. The low strike rate was one reason why the DMK was initially not willing to spare more than 20 seats.
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(This story originally appeared in on Apr 03, 2021)More than getting a certain number of seats in the DMK alliance and distributing it to party functionaries without hiccups, the single biggest problem for the Congress in TN is how to improve its dismal strike rate.
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With 44 seats over nine districts at stake, the region has often tipped the scales in deciding who takes Fort St George
In the closely fought, high-stakes battle for the Tamil Nadu Assembly, the State’s central region with 41 Assembly seats spread over nine districts, could prove to be the political barometer.
In recent elections, the party that has won the most number of constituencies here, has eventually formed the government.
Having ceded much ground to its archrival in the region in the past two Assembly elections, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is keen to reassert its supremacy in the agrarian heartland of the State, spread largely over the fertile Cauvery delta.