Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu), March 27 Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagenthran announced on Friday that he would contest from the Sattur Assembly constituency in the Virudhunagar district in the April 23 elections.
He would be switching from the Tirunelveli constituency, from where he won in the 2021 Assembly election.
According to a senior BJP leader, this decision is a strategy to expand the BJP's presence in the state.
In addition to Nagenthran, Vanathi Srinivasan, the president of the party's Mahila Morcha, who won from Coimbatore South in 2021 by defeating actor-politician Kamal Haasan, is also likely to switch to another constituency.
Speaking to reporters during his visit to Kanyakumari today, Nagenthran said that he would be contesting from the Sattur constituency.
"I will be contesting from Sattur for the April 23 Assembly election. The NDA candidates will emerge victorious in the election," he said.
Although the BJP was allocated 27 seats by the AIADMK during the recent seat-sharing agreement, the party was not given the Tirunelveli and Coimbatore South seats.
When asked if she was switching to another constituency, Srinivasan told reporters on March 26 that the party high command would decide who should contest from where.
"I will abide by the party's decision," she said.
The BJP has not yet officially announced its list of candidates.