Final list of Pollachi candidates

Following is the final list of candidates for the Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency:

K. Shanmughasundram (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam), K. Sugumar (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam), Baba Ramesh (Bharatiya Janata Party), T. Murthy (Bahujan Samaj Party), E. Umar (Manithaneya Makkal Katchi), S. Krishnakumar (Tamil Desiya Katchi), P. Ramesh (Samajwadi Party), K.P. Thangavel (Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam), S.T. Rameeza Begum (Samata Party), ‘Best’ S. Ramaswamy (Kongunadu Munnetra Peravai) and V. Velmurugan (Akila India Vallalar Peravai).

Independents: K.S. Abbas, K. Shanmughasundaram, P. Shanmughasundaram, R. Sadasivamurthy, P. Sukumar, A. Noor Mohammed, M. Ramaswamy,

P.M. Ramamurthy, P. Rajan, M. Rajendran and R. Venkatesh.

Source: The Hindu

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Nomination papers taken up for scrutiny

At work: Returning Officer and District Collector V. Palanikumar scrutinising the nominations for Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency in the presence of candidates and representatives of political parties at the Coimbatore Collectorate on Saturday. (Right) Returning Officer for Tirupur Lok Sabha constituency C. Samayamoorthy scrutinising the nomination papers in the presence of Election Observers at Tirupur Collectorate.

Coimbatore: After the scrutiny of nominations for the Coimbatore and Pollachi Lok Sabha constituencies on Saturday, the election authorities declared that the papers of 29 candidates for Coimbatore and 24 for Pollachi are valid.

Returning Officer, District Election Officer and District Collector V. Palanikumar conducted the scrutiny for the Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency while the Returning Officer and District Revenue Officer, S. Prabhakaran, scrutinised the nominations for the Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency.

The scrutiny took place in the presence of candidates and representatives of political parties.

Observers

Election Observers for Coimbatore, Vinod R Rao, an IAS officer from Gujarat, N.P. Agarwal, an IC and CES officer from Madhya Pradesh and Dillip Kumar, an IFS officer from Karnataka, were present.

For the scrutiny of papers for the Pollachi constituency, the observers, Amrendrakumar Singh, an IAS officer from West Bengal, Tushar Kanti Behera, an IFS officer from Punjab and S.K. Sharma, an IRS officer from New Delhi were present.

On the last day of filing the nominations on Friday, as many as 54 nominations from 39 candidates were received for the Coimbatore constituency.

After the scrutiny, the nominations of 29 candidates were declared valid. Four of them are candidates of the recognised/registered political parties at the national and State level while eight are candidates from the registered political parties other than national and State political parties. Seventeen candidates are Independents.

For Pollachi, of the 42 nominations filed by 29 candidates, 24 were declared valid.

Of which, four are candidates of recognised/registered national and State political parties, seven are candidates of parties other than registered/recognised national and State political parties while the rest are Independents.

The withdrawal of nomination papers is scheduled for April 27.

Tirupur

Our Staff Reporter adds from Tirupur:

Nominations of 12 of the 34 candidates who had filed their papers for Tirupur Lok Sabha constituency were rejected following the scrutiny held at the Collectorate here.

A notable one is the rejection of papers submitted by Bahujan Samaj Party’s both main and dummy candidates.

Rejected

Following is the list of candidates whose nominations were rejected:

K. Thangaraj (AIADMK dummy); T.Sakunthala (Independent); V.A.Gopal (Akila India Vellalar Peravai); D. Rathinamoni (All India Trinamool Congress); S. Subramaniam (DMDK dummy); J. Mahohar (BJP dummy); S.K.Venmathi (Congress dummy); S. Balakrishnan (Bahujan Samaj Party); R. Nataraj (BSP dummy); Kuthbudeen (Makkal Jananayaga Katchi); P.Alagappan (Independent) and N.C.Selvaraj (Independent).

Nomination papers of three dummy candidates of recognised political parties (i.e. AIADMK, BJP and DMDK) got rejected automatically once the nominations submitted by the main candidates were declared valid as per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India.

The other nominations were rejected on the grounds like name not figuring in the electoral rolls, among other reasons.

The scrutiny of nomination papers was carried out directly by the Returning Officer, C. Samayamoorthy.

Election Observers appointed for Tirupur Lok Sabha constituency, Mohan Chandra Upreti (Tirupur North and Tirupur South Assembly segments); Shiv Bardani Bhadauria (Bhavani and Anthiyur) and S. Ramu (Perundurai and Gobichettipalayam), were present during the process.

Source: The Hindu

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More candidates file nominations

With two more independent candidates filing nomination papers for Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday, the total number of candidates has gone up to eight.In Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency five Independents filed their nominations. So far 14 candidates have filed the papers. Tirupur

The filing of nominations gained momentum in Tirupur Lok Sabha constituency with five persons submitting their nomination papers on Wednesday.

Of the five candidates, K. Rathinaswaamy (35), T. Shakuntala (26), and N. Muthusamy (50) filed their nominations as independents while V. A Gopal (51) and N. Sivakumar (30) submitted their papers representing Akil Indhiya Vallalar Peravai and Uzhaipallar Makkal Katchi, respectively.

All of them filed their nominations with the Returning Officer, C. Samayamoorthy, at the Collectorate.

Observers

Of the three poll observers appointed for Tirupur Lok Sabha constituency, Shiv Bardani Bhadauria, a Sikkim-cadre Indian Forest Service Officer, arrived here today.

Mr. Bhadauria would monitor the election proceedings in Bhavani and Anthiyur Assembly segments.

Source: The Hindu

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Farmers, women should vote for change: Vijaykant

Canvassing: Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam founder Vijaykant campaigning for K.P.Thangavel, the candidate for the Pollachi parliamentary constituency, at Aathupalam in Coimbatore on Tuesday.

Coimbatore: Disappointed farmers and vigilant women should vote for change in the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha, said Vijaykant, founder of the Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam (DMDK), on Tuesday.

He was campaigning for his party’s nominee for the Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency, K.P. Thangavel. He addressed roadside meetings at Madathukulam, Udumalpet, Mukkonam, Pollachi Kottur Sungam, Anaimalai, Pollachi and Kinathukkadavu. Going by the profile of the constituency, the DMDK leader harped only on agrarian issues such as long pending irrigation schemes and problems of the farming community.

He accused the successive rulers of Tamil Nadu of failing to resolve inter-State water disputes such as Mullaiperiyar, Cauvery, Palar and charged the political parties with lack of will and commitment to nationalise the rivers. Construction of dams and linking of rivers would have prevented wastage of water.

With Valparai Assembly segment being part of the Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency, Mr.Vijaykant said that the State and Central Governments had failed to ensure reasonable price for tea.

Terming the agricultural loan waiver as an eye wash, Mr.Vijaykant said that genuine farmers had paid their loans and the waiver had benefited only those identified by the bankers and politicians.

He said it would be the regional parties that would decide who should be the Prime Minister and asked the voters to give an opportunity for his party to prove its worth.

Source: The Hindu

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MMK to support left parties in some seats

Manithaneya Makkal Katchi (MMK), the newly floated political outfit of Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhakam and a member of 'Social Democratic Front,' would support the left parties, where the party or front is not contesting for the May 13 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu.

As such MMK has decided to contest four seats, while other members of the front Puthiya Tamizhakam three seats and Indian National League in a few seats, MMK Pollachi constituency candidate, E Umar told reporters in Coimbatore on Friday.

The front would discuss and decide the strategy for other constituencies, where its and Left candidates were not contesting, he said.

The front would strive to rectify the prevailing anomalies in the OBC list both at Central and State level and also fight for implementation of reports of Sachar committee and Ranganath Mishra Commission on reservation, he said.

Asked why TMMK, which always supported DMK or AIADMK, decided to form a new front this time, Umar said DMK had earmarked only one seat for MMK, which was "very less" considering the over 10 per cent of Muslim population.

MMK wanted to fight in more number of seats and that too on it own symbol, he said adding the party has not approached AIADMK for alliance.

Source: The Hindu

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Pollachi- an agrarian belt

Pollachi: The Pollachi Lok Sabha seat, primarily an agrarian belt, is going to polls on May 13. The constituency relies on Parambikulam – Aliyar Project (PAP) for its agricultural needs and coir industry is a next major employment generator.

The delimitation exercise carried out by the Election Commission has turned the reserved constituency into a general constituency this time.

The delimitation has brought in a lot of changes in the constitution of the constituency as well. The Dharapuram Assembly segment (which was earlier in Erode district) is no longer part of Pollachi Lok Sabha seat. The constituency now has six Assembly segments namely Thondamuthur (which lies largely in Coimbatore city and its peripheral areas), Kinathukkadavu, Pollachi, Valparai (reserved), Udumalpet and Madathukulam. The last two Assembly segments form part of the newly formed Tirupur district.

The electorate in five Assembly segments largely comprise Gounder community while Udumalpet accounts for a sizeable population of Naickers. There are 1,330 polling stations.

The tribal hamlets in 958 sq km Anaimalai Tiger Reserve and Valparai town known for lush green tea plantations with have a sizeable tribal population will have polling stations in the hilly terrain. Reasonable price for agricultural produce including copra, enhancing the benefits in terms of the quantum of water for the farming community by ensuring implementation of Anamlaiaru, Nallaru and Idamalaiaru schemes in PAP and man-animal conflicts are likely to be the major local poll issues this time.

Since, 1951, the constituency has been claimed by Indian National Congress thrice, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam thrice, once by the Tamil Maanila Congress, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam five times and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the last two elections i.e., 1999 and 2004.

Source: The Hindu

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Nomination papers taken up for scrutiny

At work: Returning Officer and District Collector V. Palanikumar scrutinising the nominations for Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency in the presence of candidates and representatives of political parties at the Coimbatore Collectorate on Saturday. (Right) Returning Officer for Tirupur Lok Sabha constituency C. Samayamoorthy scrutinising the nomination papers in the presence of Election Observers at Tirupur Collectorate.

Coimbatore: After the scrutiny of nominations for the Coimbatore and Pollachi Lok Sabha constituencies on Saturday, the election authorities declared that the papers of 29 candidates for Coimbatore and 24 for Pollachi are valid.

Returning Officer, District Election Officer and District Collector V. Palanikumar conducted the scrutiny for the Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency while the Returning Officer and District Revenue Officer, S. Prabhakaran, scrutinised the nominations for the Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency.

The scrutiny took place in the presence of candidates and representatives of political parties.

Observers

Election Observers for Coimbatore, Vinod R Rao, an IAS officer from Gujarat, N.P. Agarwal, an IC and CES officer from Madhya Pradesh and Dillip Kumar, an IFS officer from Karnataka, were present.

For the scrutiny of papers for the Pollachi constituency, the observers, Amrendrakumar Singh, an IAS officer from West Bengal, Tushar Kanti Behera, an IFS officer from Punjab and S.K. Sharma, an IRS officer from New Delhi were present.

On the last day of filing the nominations on Friday, as many as 54 nominations from 39 candidates were received for the Coimbatore constituency.

After the scrutiny, the nominations of 29 candidates were declared valid. Four of them are candidates of the recognised/registered political parties at the national and State level while eight are candidates from the registered political parties other than national and State political parties. Seventeen candidates are Independents.

For Pollachi, of the 42 nominations filed by 29 candidates, 24 were declared valid.

Of which, four are candidates of recognised/registered national and State political parties, seven are candidates of parties other than registered/recognised national and State political parties while the rest are Independents.

The withdrawal of nomination papers is scheduled for April 27.

Tirupur

Our Staff Reporter adds from Tirupur:

Nominations of 12 of the 34 candidates who had filed their papers for Tirupur Lok Sabha constituency were rejected following the scrutiny held at the Collectorate here.

A notable one is the rejection of papers submitted by Bahujan Samaj Party’s both main and dummy candidates.

Rejected

Following is the list of candidates whose nominations were rejected:

K. Thangaraj (AIADMK dummy); T.Sakunthala (Independent); V.A.Gopal (Akila India Vellalar Peravai); D. Rathinamoni (All India Trinamool Congress); S. Subramaniam (DMDK dummy); J. Mahohar (BJP dummy); S.K.Venmathi (Congress dummy); S. Balakrishnan (Bahujan Samaj Party); R. Nataraj (BSP dummy); Kuthbudeen (Makkal Jananayaga Katchi); P.Alagappan (Independent) and N.C.Selvaraj (Independent).

Nomination papers of three dummy candidates of recognised political parties (i.e. AIADMK, BJP and DMDK) got rejected automatically once the nominations submitted by the main candidates were declared valid as per the guidelines of the Election Commission of India.

The other nominations were rejected on the grounds like name not figuring in the electoral rolls, among other reasons.

The scrutiny of nomination papers was carried out directly by the Returning Officer, C. Samayamoorthy.

Election Observers appointed for Tirupur Lok Sabha constituency, Mohan Chandra Upreti (Tirupur North and Tirupur South Assembly segments); Shiv Bardani Bhadauria (Bhavani and Anthiyur) and S. Ramu (Perundurai and Gobichettipalayam), were present during the process.

Source: The Hindu

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