MADURAI: Congress candidate V Vijayakumar was all set for a comfortable win against two-time Union minister and BJP leader Pon Radhakrishnan in the Kanyakumari LS byelection after he led by a margin of over 1.3 lakh votes. Vijayakumar will succeed his late father H Vasanthakumar, whose death due to Covid-19 necessitated the bypoll. His win will help retain the tally of Congress LS MPs from Tamil Nadu at 8 and that of the DMK led alliance at 38. Among the factors that went in Congress’ favour was an ad released by Tuticorin V O C Port Trust seeking expression of interest to establish the International Container Transhipment Terminal in Kanyakumari district, which has earlier attracted protests from the coastal populace.
Tamil Nadu: AIADMK thanks voters, says it has great responsibility as opposition party
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Last Updated: May 03, 2021, 02:19 PM IST
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In a joint statement, their first after the results were announced, party coordinator O Panneerselvam and co-coordinator K Palaniswami said the AIADMK will serve with great responsibility as the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
The AIADMK, which tasted defeat at the hands of arch-rival DMK after a decade in office, on Monday said it bowed to the people s verdict and that it has greater responsibility to discharge as an opposition party. Expressing heartfelt gratitude to the people who voted for the party and its allies in the April 6 Assembly elections, the results of which were announced on Sunday, the party recalled its development initiatives.
Junglemahal consists of 40 seats spread across four districts including Purulia Bankura, West Midnapore and Jhargram. There are 9 seats in Purulia, 12 seats in Bankura, 15 seats in West Midnapore and 4 seats in Jhargram, which was carved out of West Mindapore six years ago. The majority of these seats dominated by the tribal population are considered to be a forte of Trinamool Congress shifted loyalty and BJP managed to get 31 of the 40 seats allowing them to have four of the five Lok Sabha seats in these areas.In t