Vishal Rk Nagar Election

In an unusual move, the Returning Officer of Chennais prestigious RK Nagar assembly seat has been replaced by the Election Commission after a controversy around his decision to reject actor Vishal Krishnas nomination papers this week.

Two persons who had reportedly proposed actor Vishal Krishna's nomination for Chennai's RK Nagar by-poll and later claimed their signatures are forged, have gone missing. The actor alleges their lives are under threat from Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK. "I am worried about those two people who signed up for me. We are not able to get in touch with the...

Actor Vishal, disqualified from contesting the RK Nagar by-election in Tamil Nadu, tweeted President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, saying he hopes "justice prevails." He said he was bringing to their notice the fact that his nomination for the December 21 by-election was "first accepted and later rejected."

Actor Vishal's hopes of contesting the RK Nagar by-election in Tamil Nadu came crashing down late on Tuesday night after election officials rejected his nomination papers for the second time today. Officials said the film actor's nomination papers only had "valid" signatures of eight proposers, not the mandatory ten.

In an unusual move, the Returning Officer of Chennais prestigious RK Nagar assembly seat has been replaced by the Election Commission after a controversy around his decision to reject actor Vishal Krishnas nomination papers this week.

Two persons who had reportedly proposed actor Vishal Krishna's nomination for Chennai's RK Nagar by-poll and later claimed their signatures are forged, have gone missing. The actor alleges their lives are under threat from Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK. "I am worried about those two people who signed up for me. We are not able to get in touch with the...

Actor Vishal, disqualified from contesting the RK Nagar by-election in Tamil Nadu, tweeted President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, saying he hopes "justice prevails." He said he was bringing to their notice the fact that his nomination for the December 21 by-election was "first accepted and later rejected."

Actor Vishal's hopes of contesting the RK Nagar by-election in Tamil Nadu came crashing down late on Tuesday night after election officials rejected his nomination papers for the second time today. Officials said the film actor's nomination papers only had "valid" signatures of eight proposers, not the mandatory ten.