CM leaves for Tiruvarur: Election campaign begins today

Tamil Nadu: DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will launch his campaign for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections in Tiruvarur this evening.

Chief Minister Stalin, who filed his nomination to contest the Kolathur Assembly constituency, took to the streets in his campaign vehicle on Monday to garner votes. He will address a public meeting supporting the DMK-led alliance party candidates on South Street in Tiruvarur at 5 p.m. today.

He will campaign for the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance candidates for all four Assembly constituencies in Tiruvarur district.

Chief Minister Stalin will travel from Chennai Airport to Thanjavur by private flight and from there travel by road to Tiruvarur. DMK District Secretary and MLA Poondi K. Kalaivanan is contesting in Tiruvarur, while DMK MLA and Tamil Nadu Industry, Investment Promotion and Commerce Minister T.R.P. Raja is contesting in Thiruthuraipoondi, Communist Party of India state executive committee member and MLA K. Marimuthu is contesting in Thiruthuraipoondi, and STBI state president V.M.S. Mohammed Mubarak is contesting in Nannilam.