DMK leads in rural local bodies elections
The Hindu
Counting process expected to continue through the night in many places
The counting of votes is underway following ordinary elections to rural local bodies, which were held in the nine newly-constituted districts of Tamil Nadu, showed that candidates of the ruling DMK were leading in many places for district panchayat ward member seats and panchayat union ward member seats. The manual counting process is expected to continue through the night in many places.
As of 10.20 p.m. on Tuesday, DMK candidates have won 11 of the district panchayat ward member seats and 234 panchayat union ward member seats.
TDP leaders release booklet on ‘atrocities’ of YSRCP MLA Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy. The party leaders vow to prove in courts the MLA’s involvement in offences of varying nature. Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy has 79 criminal cases pending against him, of which 51 are related to attacks by him and his followers on persons belonging to the BCs, SCs, STs and minorities, says the TDP.