Congress fields two first-timers in Sivakasi, Srivilliputtur Assembly seats

Congress fields two first-timers in Sivakasi, Srivilliputtur Assembly seats

The Hindu

A leading industrialist, A.M.S.G. Ashokan, is the Congress candidate for Sivakasi Assembly constituency, while legal consultant P.S.W. Madhava Rao is the party candidate for Srivilliputtur (Reserved) constituency. A former vice-chairman of Sivakasi Municipality (2006-2011), Mr. Ashokan comes from a Congress family. His father, A.M.S. Ganesan was two-time Chairperson of the municipality between (1967-1974) and his elder brother was the State president of Congress Seva Dal.
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