BJP set to return to the Assembly after two decades
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It received or was main in the Tirunelveli, Nagercoil, Modakurichi and Coimbatore South Assembly constituencies
The BJP is set for a return to the Tamil Nadu Assembly after two decades.
At the time of going to print, it both received or was main in Tirunelveli, Nagercoil, Modakurichi and Coimbatore South. In 2001, it received 4 seats as a part of the DMK-led NDA.
BJP nationwide basic secretary in command of Tamil Nadu C.T. Ravi mentioned the occasion was glad to have its MLAs again in the Assembly, although it anticipated to win extra seats. With the pattern in favour of the DMK, the BJP was proud of the variety of seats it had received, he informed The Puucho. “The AIADMK strongly supported us and we also supported it. Had the trend been neutral, we would have won more seats,” he mentioned.
According to him, the individuals of Tamil Nadu had been prepared to settle for the BJP and the occasion would emerge as a power to reckon with in future. “Right now, our leaders are all party leaders, not public leaders. Once they emerge as public leaders, we will win more seats,” he mentioned.
The BJP’s largest shock got here in Nagercoil, the place M.R. Gandhi, a celebration veteran and nationwide basic council member, upset former Minister and three-term DMK MLA N. Suresh Rajan. In 2016, Mr. Gandhi misplaced to him.
The victories
In Tirunelveli, former AIADMK Minister Nainar Nagendran, who switched to the BJP after the demise of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, was main in opposition to A.L.S. Lakshmanan of the DMK. He had misplaced in the 2019 Lok Sabha election from Ramanathapuram.
While BJP Mahila Morcha chief Vanathi Srinivasan defeated Makkal Needhi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan by a slender margin in Coimbatore South, C. Saraswathi shocked many by main former DMK Minister Subbulakshmi Jegadeesan in Modakkurichi.
However, BJP State president L. Murugan misplaced by a slender margin in a decent contest in Dharapuram. Party vice-president and former IPS officer K. Annamalai was trailing R. Elango of the DMK at Aravakurichi.
In the high-profile contest at Thousand Lights, actor Kushboo, who confronted the election for the first time, misplaced by over 30,000 votes to N. Ezhilan of the DMK.
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