GG News Bureau
Rameswaram, 1st April. Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and ousted AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam has been given the jackfruit symbol to run in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Ramanathapuram seat.
The symbol was chosen through a lottery held at the district collectorate in Ramanathapuram on Saturday.
On Sunday, Panneerselvam, who is running as an independent candidate, held a jackfruit to officially announce the symbol allocation at a public meeting in Thiruvadanai.
OPS is in alliance with the BJP and is running as an independent candidate after losing a court case in the Madras High Court regarding the use of AIADMK’s flag and letterhead.
The jackfruit symbol was selected through a lottery at the district collectorate on Saturday. The former CM will be competing against four other candidates with the same name in Ramanathapuram.
MP Ravindranath, Thiruvadanai Union Secretary Senkai Rajan, Aani Muthu Vetrivelan, KK Pandi, Selvanayakam, BJP spiritual wing state secretary Guruji, and other alliance party members were present.
Panneerselvam (OPS) submitted his nomination on Monday, March 25, to Ramanathapuram District Collector P Vishnuchandran.
Tamil Nadu has 39 Lok Sabha constituencies and will vote on April 19 in a single phase of polling.
In the 2019 general elections, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led Secular Progressive Alliance, which included INC, VCK, MDMK, CPI, CPI(M), IUML, MMK, KMDK, TVK, and AIFB, won 38 out of the 39 seats.
The election for 543 Lok Sabha seats in the country will take place in seven phases starting on April 19.
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