BJP releases final list; actor Radikaa among 3 women candidates in fray
The BJP released its second and final list of candidates contesting for the Lok Sabha elections in Tamil Nadu on Friday. The second list has 15 candidates.
While the saffron party is contesting in 20 constituencies on its own, four of its allies are contesting in the party’s ‘Lotus’ symbol.
Significantly, the BJP has fielded actor Raadhika Sarathkumar from Virudhunagar constituency.
She will be contesting against DMDK’s candidate Vijay Prabhakaran, who is the son of party founder and late actor Vijayakanth.
P Karthiyayini will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Chidambaram (SC) while SGM Ramesh will be the party’s candidate from Nagapattinam (SC) constituency.
M Muruganandam has been fielded from Thajavur while Dr Devanathan Yadav will contest the polls from Sivaganga. Prof Raama Sreenivasan will be BJP’s candidate from Madurai while B John Pandian will be in the fray from Tenkasi (SC).
The BJP has also fielded A Namassivayam from Puducherry. The saffron party had already announced the candidature of former Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan from Chennai South and Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai from Coimbatore.