Dhinakaran, the nephew of VK Sasikala, has decided to contest the elections despite his aunt announcing her decision to stay away from politics. Kovilpatti is also being seen as a safe seat for Dhinakaran given that the AMMK candidate had polled about 20,000 votes in the Assembly segment in the last Lok Sabha elections. Chennai: Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam led by TTV Dhinakaran on Thursday released its second list of 50 candidates for the Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections 2021. There are also reports doing the rounds of some ministers jumping ship, but nobody has openly spoken out yet. He is also hoping to cash in on the strong sympathy among the community for Sasikala (a Thevar), who locals feel is being “threatened and cornered” by the BJP. Dhinakaran, nephew of late chief minister Jayalalithaas close aide V K Sasikala, has decided to contest the elections despite his aunt announcing her decision to stay away from politics and urging her supporters to ensure the victory of the ruling AIADMK and defeat DMK in the polls. EPS enjoys the support of 122 MLAs and that number is already dwindling with 20+ MLAs backing Dhinakaran. Manickaraja also holds considerable influence over the Mukkulathur Thevar community in the region and Dhinakaran, also a Thevar, is hoping to bag their votes. In the Kayathar panchayat union (one of the two unions in Kovilpatti), headed by Dhinakaran’s close associate S V S P Manickaraja, AMMK has 13 councillors, while the AIADMK and the DMK have one and two councillors, respectively. NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued fresh summons to AMMK leader TTV Dhinakaran to appear on April 22 for questioning here in a money laundering case linked to alleged. Dhinakaran is believed to have opted for Kovilpatti because of the party’s success in the local body polls in the region in 2019. AMMK general secretary T T V Dhinakaran will be contesting the Assembly elections from Kovilpatti near Tuticorin instead of the R K Nagar seat, which he won in the 2017 bypolls.
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