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Wednesday, April 2, 2014,
Chennai
The BJP has fielded A C Shanmugham, founder of Pudhiya Needhi Katchi (New Justice Party) as its candidate for the Vellore Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu. For Thanjavur, it has given the party ticket to 'Karuppu' Muruganandam.
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Thursday, March 27, 2014,
Chennai
DMK president M Karunanidhi, who earlier rejected Congress overtures for restoration of alliance between the two parties, said on March 27 that his party would support the Congress in a post-poll situation if the Congress stood firm on secular principles.
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Thursday, March 27, 2014,
Chennai
The ruling AIADMK on March 25 has taken the stand that that there was no need for the party to criticise the BJP or its Prime Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, as it is the Congress-led UPA that was responsible for the present crisis in the country.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014,
Chennai
Chief Minister and AIADMK general secretary J Jayalalithaa on Monday released the list of AIADMK candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, retaining three sitting MPs — M. Thambidurai (Karur), Dr. P. Venugopal (Tiruvallur) and P. Kumar (Tiruchi), and giving tickets to eight former MLAs but largely going in for new faces with good academic qualifications. However, the Left parties are shocked.
