Tamil Nadu: DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin campaigns in Pattukotai

Pattukotai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 5 : Tamil Nadu Sports Minister and DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin campaigns in Pattukotai for Lok Sabha elections.
Pattukotai is part of Thanjavur constituency which will go for poll on April 19 ( Phase 1 ). BJP has fielded M. Muruganantham, while DMK candidate S. Murasoli is contesting from the Thanjavur constituency. Also, DMDK nominee P Sivanesan has filed his nomination.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, DMK candidate Palanimanickam won from Thanjavur garnering 588978 votes. DMK defeated TMC(M) Natarajan who got 220849 votes. The DMK secured 56 per cent.
Earlier, Tamil Nadu Minister and DMK youth wing secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin on Thursday campaigned for Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (MDMK) Tiruchirappalli candidate Durai Vaiko for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Meanwhile, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Thursday registered a complaint with the Election Commission of India against DMK leader Udayanidhi Stalin accusing the Tamil Nadu Minister of violating the model code of conduct. AIADMK accused Udayanidhi Stalin of using hate speech and wooing women voters during his election campaign.
"Udayanidhi Stalin made hate speech in his election campaign. Secondly, he has tried to influence women voters by saying he will give Rs 1000 monthly to leftover women in Tamil Nadu within 4 months after the election. It is a government scheme. He is trying to influence the voters by making false promises and misusing the minister's post in the election campaign," AIADMK leader IS Inbadurai said.
AIADMK has asked the poll body to intervene in the matter and take action within 48 hours in the matter.
"If EC is not taking any action on our complaint ten we will approach court on it," he said.
The Model Code of Conduct is in effect after the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections was announced by the Election Commission of India on March 16.
All 39 seats of Tamil Nadu will poll in the first phase of the general elections on April 19 and the counting of votes, along with those from other phases, has been scheduled for June 4.
In 2019, the DMK swept the Lok Sabha polls in the state, winning 23 Lok Sabha seats and bagging the lion's share of the total votes polled, at 33.2 per cent. Its ruling ally, Congress, bagged 8 seats, mining 12.9 per cent of the total votes polled, while the CPI won two seats. CPI (M) and IUML won one seat each while the remaining two seats went to Independents.
The elections to 543 Lok Sabha seats in the country will be held in seven phases, starting April 19. Nearly 97 crore voters are eligible to get their fingers inked this time.