AIADMK retains its stronghold even after shuffling of constituencies, candidates
The Hindu
The leaders got the son-of-the-soil reception wherever they contested: Kovai Sathyan
The Assembly election results have proved that constituencies in Coimbatore district remained a stronghold of the AIADMK even when the party shuffled incumbent candidates to work out alliance equations. G. Arunkumar who won from Coimbatore North in 2016 contested from Kavundampalayam and won with a margin of 9,776 votes defeating DMK’s local strongman R. Krishnan alias Paiya Gounder. The party had sent Mr. Arunkumar to the fray replacing V.C. Arukutty who made consecutive wins in 2011 and 2016 from Kavundampalayam – the constituency with the highest electorate in Coimbatore district.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.