Chennai, March 25 The main opposition party in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK, which is leading the NDA in the state, released its first list of 23 candidates for the April 23 Assembly elections on Wednesday, and also renominated its chief, K Palaniswami, from his home constituency of Edappadi in the Salem district.
The AIADMK retained key leaders such as K P Munusamy, Dindigul C Sreenivasan, and Natham R Viswanathan in its first list, and also named prominent leaders from the western region, including SP Velumani, P Thangamani from Thondamuthur, and Kumarapalayam.
Although the Tamil nationalist party, NTK, had already released its list of candidates for all 234 seats, the AIADMK is the first major party in the state to release its list of candidates, albeit partially.