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DMDK announces list of nine candidates

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IN FULL FLOW: DMDK president Vijayakant addressing an election meeting in Kanyakumari on Thursday.

NAGERCOIL: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam founder Vijayakant on Thursday announced a list of nine candidates for the Lok Sabha election and reiterated that his party would not have alliance with any other party.

The candidates are K. Pandia Rajan (Virudhunagar), S. Austin (Kanyakumari), P. Muthuvelraj (Dindigul), S. Michael Rayappan (Tirunelveli), Alagapuram R. Mohanraj (Salem), A.M.G. Vijayakumar (Tiruchi), R.M. Muthulakshmi (Madurai), N.C. Santhanam (Theni), and N. Maheswaran (Namakkal).

Campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls in Kanyakumari district on Thursday, he said neither the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam nor the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam had done anything for the welfare of the middle class, the poor and the downtrodden. These parties merely promoted the welfare of their own family members or friends and gave hardship to the people. The prices of essential commodities were skyrocketing. “If I raise this issue at public meetings, unidentified persons threaten me over phone,” he said.

He said the DMK and the AIADMK did nothing for the benefit of innocent Tamils in Sri Lanka other than declaring themselves as the champions of the cause of Tamils in Sri Lanka. The DMK, a member of UPA, failed to mount pressure on the Centre to take immediate steps to stop the killing of innocent Tamils in the island nation. The younger generation was with the DMDK and they wanted a change at the Centre and in the State.

Mr. Vijayakant said the Congress was in a sorry state in north India and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad had allotted only three seats to this national party. This proved beyond doubt that without the help of regional parties, the Congress or the BJP or the Third Front would not be able to form the government at the Centre.

Mr. Vijayakant began his campaign at Kaliyakkavilai on the Tamil Nadu–Kerala border and addressed wayside meetings at Puthukadai, Painkulam, Thengapattinam, Thuckalay, Kottaram, Eadalakudi and Nagercoil.

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