AIADMK announces candidate for Erode East bypolls

Former AIADMK minister and MLA SP Velumani on Wednesday announced KS Thennarasu as the party’s candidate for the Erode East constituency for the upcoming byelection.

The announcement was made after the inauguration of the party’s election office on Perundurai Road in Erode, during which former Ministers K.A. Sengottaiyan, P. Thangamani, S.P. Velumani, K.P. Munusamy and others, as well as several MLAs were present.

Thennarasu Karuppana Goundar (69) earlier contested in the assembly election from Erode East constituency in 2016 and won.

He is also the secretary of the Erode District Loadmen Association and has served in various positions in trade associations, printing processing associations and petroleum dealers associations.