Vaiko set to test poll waters after 20 years
Vaiko rivals, A. Subramanian (DMK) and Ramanujam Ganesh (AIADMK), are confident of winning in Kovilpatti.
Chennai: After 20 years, MDMK leader Vaiko is all set to contest the May 16 Assembly polls and will try his luck from Kovilpatti constituency. The much-awaited morale booster for MDMK cadres came from their party leader during an election rally here on Saturday.
“We are happy that our leader is again in the fray and he will win by at least 40,000 votes as the constituency is traditionally a strong bastion of Communist parties and have a large number of MDMK voters”, said MDMK functionary Poonga Nagar Ramadoss.
It may be noted that in 1996, Vaiko contested from Vilathikulam constituency and lost by a very narrow margin of 634 votes to DMK. In 2014 Lok Sabha polls, he lost in Virudhunagar. Meanwhile, MDMK has announced candidates for 29 seats.
A press release said of the 29 seats allotted in the DMDK-PWA combine, MDMK has named candidates for 27 and announced that two seats would be for its allies, fringe Tamil nationalist outfits.