This Article is From Mar 18, 2012

Tamil Nadu: Sankaran Kovil gears up for bypoll

Chennai: Tamil Nadu's Sankaran Kovil constituency goes for assembly by-polls today following the death of an AIADMK minister. It's a four cornered contest between ruling AIADMK, DMK, DMDK and MDMK.

Tamil Nadu reels under severe power cuts and the power crisis has become a crucial poll issue.

By-elections are normally won by the ruling party in the state, however, not taking any chances Chief Minister Jayalalithaa had deployed all 32 of her ministers to campaign here.

The DMK too is leaving no stone unturned. Party leader and Minister of State for Finance in the Centre, Palani Manickam even skipped the Parliament on the Budget Day to campaign for these elections.
 
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