NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAR 14
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released its list of 17 candidates for the upcoming Tamil Nadu assembly elections. Candidates for Thally in Krishnagiri district, Udhagamandalam in Nilgiris and Vilavancode in Kannyakumari district are yet to be announced.
List of 17 BJP candidates for ensuing general election to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu finalised by BJP CEC. pic.twitter.com/hvK0Q67Kcd
— BJP (@BJP4India) March 14, 2021
The party’s National General Secretary Arun Singh announced the list of candidates in a press conference.
Popular south Indian actor Kushboo Sundar is contesting from the Thousand Lights constituency in Chennai, which has been a DMK stronghold. She was a former Congress national spokesperson and joined the BJP in October 2020.
BJP’s Tamil Nadu state president L Murugan has been fielded from the Dharapuram seat in the Tiruppur district. Also, the national president of the party’s women wing Vanathi Srinivasan is contesting from the Coimbatore South constituency, where she will face actor turned politician Kamal Haasan of the Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) party.
