Tamil Nadu assembly election: BJP fields Khushbu in Chennai’s Thousand Lights, Murugan in Dharapuram Shanmughasundaram J | TNN | Updated: Mar 14, 2021, 21:36 IST Khushbu Sundar CHENNAI: The BJP on Sunday announced the first list of its candidates for the Tamil Nadu assembly polls. The saffron party has released the names of 17 candidates. The party is contesting in 20 constituencies in the state in the AIADMK alliance. Party state unit president L Murugan is contesting in Dharapuram constituency in Tirupur district. The party is fielding actor Khushbu Sundar in Thousand Lights constituency in Chennai against DMK candidate Dr N Ezhilan. Though the sitting MLA of Thousand Lights, Ku Ka Selvam, who joined BJP recently after quitting DMK, was expected to get the seat, the party preferred to field Khushbu who also joined the party recently after quitting the Congress.