The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : 34 councillors elected unopposed

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

34 councillors elected unopposed

Staff Reporter

They received certificates They include former mayor M. Subramanian

CHENNAI : Thirty-four councillors, including former Mayor M. Subramanian, were elected unopposed to the Chennai Corporation Council here on Thursday.

Following the rejection of 31 nominations on Monday and a number of withdrawals by Thursday, 33 councillors who stood for the elections last time and one new entrant have been elected unopposed. On Thursday, they received certificates, declaring that they were elected unopposed as ward members, from the Zone's Assistant Returning Officer.

All those elected unopposed belong to the DMK-led coalition.

Of them, 25 are from the DMK, six from the Congress and three from the PMK.

The only new entrant to the Council among these is Latha Vasu of the DMK from Ward 56.

Other notable members, who have been re-elected, besides former Mayor M. Subramanian from Ward 140, are Sureshkumar, former Works Committee chairperson, from Ward 86 and M. P. Anbudurai, former Zonal Chairman for Zone 7, from Ward 113.

Ninety-eight councillors of the DMK-led coalition resigned following the High Court's split verdict on the local body elections. Two AIADMK councillors resigned immediately after the last elections. Only 66 wards, out of the 100 wards for scheduled repoll on February 18, will now face polls.

The AIADMK-led coalition did not field any candidates for re-election. Fifteen DMDK nominations, including the one for the ward in which M. Subramanian was contesting, two BJP nominations and 15 independents were rejected after scrutiny.

Road rokos

Elsewhere in the city, the BJP organised two road rokos in the city, one near the Teynampet police station and one at Nandanam near the Muthuramalinga Thevar statue, protesting alleged intimidation of candidates standing for the Corporation repoll.

As they refused to disperse, they were taken into custody and were released in the evening.

They handed over a memorandum seeking protection for candidates and their families to the Commissioner of Police Letika Saran.

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