Chennai: Tamil Nadu's ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) today named S Valarmathi as its candidate for the Srirangam assembly constituency, held earlier by former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, for the February 13 by-poll.
In a statement issued in Chennai, AIADMK said Ms Valarmathi sought Jayalalithaa's blessings after being nominated as the candidate for the by-poll.
Ms Valarmathi will be crossing swords with DMK's N Anand who had lost to Jayalalithaa by around 40,000 votes in the 2011 assembly election.
The by-poll was necessitated following the disqualification of Jayalalithaa, who was convicted in a corruption case last year.
Meanwhile DMK president M Karunanidhi in a statement issued today appealed to all the parties in the state to support Mr Anand in the by-poll.
In a statement issued in Chennai, AIADMK said Ms Valarmathi sought Jayalalithaa's blessings after being nominated as the candidate for the by-poll.
Ms Valarmathi will be crossing swords with DMK's N Anand who had lost to Jayalalithaa by around 40,000 votes in the 2011 assembly election.
Meanwhile DMK president M Karunanidhi in a statement issued today appealed to all the parties in the state to support Mr Anand in the by-poll.
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