Chennai, March 29 The CPI, an ally of the ruling DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, has fielded veteran party members as its candidates for the five seats allocated to it for the upcoming Assembly elections next month.
Specifically, K Marimuthu, 55, a member of the State executive council, has been fielded from the Thiruthuraipoondi Assembly constituency for the second time. He had won the seat in the 2021 Assembly elections.
Similarly, the party has fielded veteran leader T Ramachandran, 58, from the Thalli constituency in Krishnagiri district. He had won the seat in 2006, 2011, and 2021.
Ramachandran is the CPI's Krishnagiri district secretary and a member of its National Committee. He will be contesting from Thalli for the fifth time, the party said.
Meanwhile, the CPI has nominated P L Sundaram, 57, for the Bhavanisagar Assembly constituency.
Sundaram, who has been a long-time member of the party since 1989, had won the seat in 2016 but lost to AIADMK's A. Bannari in 2021, finishing as the runner-up.
The party has also fielded its State deputy secretary, Ravi alias M Subramanian, 69, from the Tiruppur North constituency. He has been a member of the CPI since 1973 and has held various positions in the party, including Tiruppur district secretary, and served as a municipal councillor from 1986 to 1991.
For the Srivilliputhur Assembly constituency, the CPI has fielded B Mahalingam, 52, who has held various positions in the party, including Deputy Secretary and Virudhunagar district committee member.
The DMK, which heads the Secular Progressive Alliance, has allocated five seats each to the CPI and the CPI(M) after several rounds of discussions for the April 23 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
