Last Update: February 12, 2023, 12:48 IST
Elections to the Erode East assembly constituency will be held on February 27. (file photo)
The campaign will reach a higher decibel level next week when the BJP state chief is expected to launch a whirlwind campaign against the ruling DMK in Annamalai
Congress and DMK may have started to launch election campaign in Erode East assembly constituency but AIADMK and its ally BJP stepped up their campaign balancing the election campaign in the constituency.
The campaign will reach a higher decibel level next week when the BJP state chief is expected to launch a whirlwind campaign against the ruling DMK in Annamalai, which is supporting the Congress (former Union minister EVKS Elangovan) in the February 27 bypoll. Is.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin is also set to launch the campaign trail and raise the pitch as the opposition targets the DMK government’s alleged unfulfilled poll promises.
AIADMK interim general secretary K Palaniswami has been targeting the state government, and local civic issues seem to almost dwarf his campaign. Even as the state government’s proposal to set up a PEN memorial in the sea off the coast of Marina Beach has been made an election issue, opposition parties have demanded the government instead of destabilizing the state, set up the DMK state headquarters – Anna Arivalayam – A memorial should be built. marine ecosystem.
The CM is likely to contest the allegations during his campaign in the constituency where his son and the state youth welfare and Play Development Minister Udhayanidhi and MP Behen Kanimozhi, who is DMK’s deputy general secretary, are expected to attend.
“The hike in property tax and electricity tariffs has affected the common man and industries as well. People feel a heavy revision burden, says AIADMK candidate and former MLA KS Thennarasu, who is assisted in the campaign by former AIADMK ministers, BJP leaders and legislators from both parties.
The guns of the opposition have increased their presence in the constituency to counter the claims of state ministers who are getting votes on the Chief Minister’s performance card.
Introducing his candidate, Palaniswami said the results of the Erode East bypoll would favor the AIADMK and indicate a victory for the party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
He had said that the powerloom sector in Erode, which flourished during the AIADMK rule, is now in deep trouble due to the steep hike in power tariffs up to 52 per cent.
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